With Senate Bill 5819, Sen. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley, proposes to expand the definition of temporary staffing ...
Two state lawmakers, Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self and Sen. Rebecca Saldaña, announced on Friday that they plan to introduce the ...
A new proposal for a payroll tax on large employers is triggering warnings from business groups with a heated budget debate ...
A new proposal called the 'Well Washington Fund' was introduced in this year's legislative session, which aims to impose a 5% ...
Major pieces of a $12 billion tax package passed the Washington state Senate on Saturday without a clear sign that Gov. Bob Ferguson supports them. Democratic senators used their near supermajority to ...
The Washington State Legislature hit its first “do-or-die” deadline for policy bills on Friday. That means bills that don’t significantly impact the budget — those focused more on setting public ...
They contend this provision creates an absolute 'legislative privilege' of confidentiality for the Legislature’s internal ...
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The state legislature approved limitations on out-of-state national guard troops Thursday, accomplishing a priority laid out by the governor at the beginning of his term. Under House ...
The expansion of Washington's sales tax to IT services was done quickly and without enough input, according to a Bellevue startup executive.
Rep. Shaun Scott’s proposal mirrors an approach Senate Democrats drew up then discarded last session Read Story ...
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Concerns are rising as the Washington State Legislature decided to cut the wildfire prevention budget in half, a move that has sparked criticism from the Department of Lands. The ...