A former governor of Washington has ripped into the GOP for suggesting there should be strings attached to aid in the wake of ...

Throughout his first term, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to withhold federal disaster aid from Democrat-led states and ...

A Ferry County woman has been named to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission. Lynn O’Connor, of Kettle Falls, was appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee to replace outgoing commissioner Molly Linville. It ...

Sunny Jay went out the way he came in: mostly sunny. Though with some scattered shade. “I wish I lived in Jay Inslee’s version of Washington, full of puppies and rainbows,” quipped Republican state ...

In addition to Dye’s bill, Sen. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick, has filed Senate Bill 5015 to limit the governor’s authority by ...

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Deskcollaboration. Even before ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson suggested cutting 6% of the state’s budget to offset shortfalls, but lawmakers on both sides said fire suppression funds should not be touched ...

Even before being sworn into office, Gov. Bob Ferguson managed to raise some hackles on both sides of the political aisle.

There is growing unease among other blue-state Democrats that threats to condition disaster assistance will not be unique to California.

Cowlitz County businesses received nearly half of the $439,340 in fines the Washington Department of Ecology levied in the ...

The state boosted spending to comply with a ruling in the landmark McCleary case, but the public schools chief says it hasn’t ...