There was plenty of pomp and politics for the opening day of the Washington Legislature’s 2025 session. It began at noon Monday for the state’s 98 representatives and 49 senators. But for many, the ...

There are several initiatives to the legislature in the works for 2026, with the deadline to submit 308,911 valid signatures ...

Washington state lawmakers have ended their legislative session by sending a $78 billion dollar budget to Gov. Bob Ferguson’s desk. It includes nearly $6 billion in cuts and over $9 billion in taxes.

Washington State Board of Education endorses a report on Mastery-based Learning, detailing the impact and strategies for ...

Washington leaders are trying to juggle decarbonizing the state power grid while keeping electricity bills down for ...

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 ...

Talk of major new state taxes – income and other kinds – is predictable as the legislative session approaches. But talk might be all it is.

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 ...

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 ...

Democratic budget writers are done hashing out details on a new two-year operating budget for Washington state, key lawmakers said Wednesday. “We have made all the decisions, but there’s still a lot ...

State lawmakers will head to Olympia later this month to kick off Washington’s 2025 legislative session. It’ll be 105 days of lawmaking and budget writing. A host of issues will likely come up in the ...

Nearly 10% of Washington state lawmakers are Black, a record number that has been years in the making. Why it matters: Having greater Black representation in the Legislature — coupled with greater ...