The question is whether this state budget shortfall is the result of insufficient tax revenue, or whether spending reductions ...

These new laws and taxes took effect in Washington state on Jan. 1 The Washington state Capitol on April 18, 2025. (Photo by ...

(The Center Square) – Washington state faces deficit spending by 2028 as lawmakers just hit taxpayers with the state's largest combined tax increase – all driven by massive state spending increases ...

Citizen journalists film alleged fraudulent daycare addresses in Washington, claiming 539 centers list Somali as primary ...

Washington spent much of the 1970s trying to become a center for nuclear power, with plans for five huge fission reactors at ...

WASHINGTON STATE — The government shutdown has entered its 25th day with no end in sight, leaving tens of thousands of federal workers in Washington state with empty paychecks this week. Bill Cooke, a ...

Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, is interviewed by Washington's public affairs network, TVW, during session in Olympia, Wash., on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian) For Washington ...

Federal officials have taken action to force some international students at Washington State University to leave the United States. The school has reported three student visa revocations and student ...

Though Washington State Parks, like other parts of state government, did not make it through this year’s legislative session with its budget unscathed, park visitors shouldn’t notice any staffing or ...

It’s unclear if the federal government will approve Washington’s major disaster declaration. If it doesn’t, the state and local communities will be on the hook for clean-up and recovery efforts. Even ...

Governor Bob Ferguson of Washington State recently signed into law legislation obligating Catholic clergy to disclose reports of child abuse heard during sacramental confessions, adding “members of ...