Will the Constitution hold? We'll have to wait and see if the conservatives on the Supreme Court have a desire to hold ...

Lawyers for the state of Washington and the federal government will be back in a Seattle courtroom this week as the Trump administration seeks to redefine who automatically qualifies for American ...

The Supreme Court of Maryland on Monday upheld as constitutional the state’s Child Victims Act, which took effect in 2023 and eliminates time limits for lawsuits to be filed by people who were ...

The power of the purse belongs to Congress. But pliant lawmakers and a new budget chief appear set to hand control over to ...

High-income earners, retirees and the wealthy have the most to gain from no state income tax, local experts said. Low and middle class people feel more of the burden from sales and property taxes and ...

Burien created an outright prohibition on living outside Monday and at least seven other jurisdictions in Washington created or expanded camping bans in 2024.

It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell, who's had a contentious relationship with President Trump, says that he plans to speak out for what he believes in, but will likely support most of the administration's goals.

The antiabortion movement is trying hard to block access to abortion pills and restrict telehealth reproductive care. But ...

The Supreme Court took more religious rights cases in recent years than it heard in the previous two decades. Is it eroding ...

For nearly 250 years, the American system of government has been defined by the separation of powers between three coequal ...

The Supreme Court newly empowered the judiciary in reviewing agency regulations. What difference will it make for the tax ...