In an ideological era, legislators in Olympia are growing more partisan. Lawmakers need to remember where they came from.

Thurston County roads will suffer and services will be slowed under a proposed 2026-2027 budget that’s due for approval this ...

Of all public safety statistics, unsolved violent crime is perhaps the most harrowing. Over the past three years, Washington ...

At a city council study session Tuesday, members moved to render the city’s 15 active Flock Safety cameras functionless using ...

How best to spend, save and raise money will be a recurring theme when Washington lawmakers convene in Olympia next week for their annual “committee days.” The state is facing […] ...

Meteorological winter starts on Dec. 1. Yet, winter doesn’t officially begin until the winter solstice, which is on Dec. 21, just after 7 a.m.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has announced he will amend the emergency declaration for the state that the Trump ...

The recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill” established a program designed to give children a leg up when they reach adulthood. It’s an idea similar to one that’s been proposed across the country, ...

Democratic senators are considering an income tax on millionaires to help close Washington state’s persistent ...

A new proposal for a payroll tax on large employers is triggering warnings from business groups with a heated budget debate ...

A 46-year-old Olympia man was hurt and taken to an area hospital Monday evening after a driver crashed into a trooper's vehicle in Grays Harbor County, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Democratic lawmakers and WA Attorney General Nick Brown gathered to discuss a new proposal aimed at protecting immigrant ...