Governor-elect Bob Ferguson wants an extra $100 million in the state’s upcoming biennial 2025-2027 budget to hire more local ...

Blocking WA’s highest elected official from a final say would “not improve public accountability,” his office says.

Both Democrats and Republicans agree Washington state’s major energy facility siting council could use improving. But their ideas on how to change it are far apart. Lawmakers in Olympia will ...

From waterfall-hopping through dramatic landscapes to luxury hotel stays, here are 25 things I can't wait to do in Washington ...

For more than 25 years, the Milken Institute has looked at which cities across America do the best job at leveraging the ...

Raleigh, NC is the best-performing large metropolitan area, according to the 2025 Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities (BPC) report, taking the top spot in the rankings following two consecutive ...

Olympia is Washington state’s capitol ... Microsoft and Nintendo of America are the two tech giants responsible for putting Redmond on the map. Both give the city its distinctive techy culture.

Delegates drafted the state constitution in 1889 as Washington became the 42nd state to be admitted into the U.S.

Another section of Percival Creek Canyon on the west side of Olympia will be cleared out in mid February while city staff work to move the people camping on either side of the creek into housing.

Seattle may be the only Washington city to host matches ... Bremerton, Tacoma, Olympia / North Lacey, Yakima, the Tri-Cities of Pasco, Richland and Kennewick, Spokane, and Vancouver will all ...

Simmons said there haven’t been many instances in his more than 11 years with the city that they’ve renamed parks properties. Rebecca Howard Park received its name in 2021. Squaxin Park had been named ...

Activists across Washington have a dream: to end discrimination and alleviate the root causes of systemic poverty across the state.