Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.

The move was in response to a Department of the Interior guideline banning display of “nonagency” flags in the National Park System.

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.

Attend the annual Whittington Lecture at Georgetown's McCourt School, featuring leading voices in public policy and government.

The Senate Republican tax bill speeding to passage includes the biggest reduction of funding for the federal safety net since at least the 1990s, targeting more than $1 trillion in social spending.

Sound Transit has plenty of money for now. But the longer term is a worry. A bill in the Legislature could help ease concerns.

The message is that we are a threat to the nation. The subtext is that we are not of this nation.

Only a referendum could hold off pay increases for state lawmakers and others facing a budget crisis.

OLYMPIA, Wash.– The Washington State Senate has passed a bill aimed at expediting large construction projects, offering the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) new tools to reduce co...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been rife with protesters.

Washington state's Paid Family & Medical Leave program does not currently cover pilots.

A new proposal in Washington's Legislature could save hundreds of not thousands of local journalism jobs.

Meet the main characters of Norse Mythology on this virtual visit to the National Nordic Museum. During the program, we’ll learn about the major Norse gods and goddesses and listen to a Norse myth tog...

The Saturday incident is likely the first pedestrian fatality of the new year. In 2023, Washington had its highest rate of pedestrian fatalities, with 157 dead.