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

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

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 ...

While sorting through files left from 10 years as a legislator, I ran across a photo that shows members of our Clark County delegation filing the bill to reopen discussions about a replacement Interst ...

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

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 ...

Federal law calls for crime victims to have access to resources after trauma, but multiple factors now threaten the ability ...

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

The relationship between big tech and journalism has grown increasingly complex, exemplified by the impact of Jeff Bezos’ ...

In 2024, candidate Bob Ferguson promised to make the problems with Washington State Ferries a priority. He promised change.

As they were cheered from the gallery by friends and family and treated to a ukulele version of “America the Beautiful,” ...

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