Staff of Democratic state senators in Washington have rejected a new contract because it lacked protections for workers facing termination.

A company providing medical care at the Overlake Medical Center emergency room will refund more than $400,000 to low-income patients under an agreement with Washington’s attorney general.

Washington state Rep. Skyler Rude said Tuesday that he will resign from office days before the election to start a new job.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson hopes the state’s space entrepreneurs can pilot their industry to infinity and beyond.

Utah state watchdogs and advocates are skeptical of a move by a major regional utility to sell assets in Washington.

Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday asked President Donald Trump for federal aid to help recover from wildfires this summer.

Washington's largest union of state workers has ratified a new two-year contract containing no pay raises for thousands of employees.

Washington's attorney general wants the Legislature to confront rising utility costs and the state's escalating liability expenses.

A new forecast of state tax collections came out Friday. It did nothing to brighten Washington’s budget outlook.

Dave Upthegrove is dialing back his goal to protect 77,000 acres of older state forests from timber harvest.

More than two years of construction and $131 million later, a historic building on the Washington state Capitol campus is reopening.

State toxicology labs are dealing with an enormous backlog of alcohol and drug test evidence that could delay or jeopardize DUI prosecutions.

Younger voters and voters of color in Washington see their ballots challenged for signature issues more often than older and white voters.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his authorization to move forward with linking Washington into its carbon market that’s shared with Quebec, Canada.

Five months after the program’s launch, half of $112 million in vouchers have been requested, but some say more funding is needed for small businesses.

SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday tossed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Washington seeking the state’s voter rolls, in line with many rulings across the country. This marks…

Washington’s program to collect medication so it doesn’t end up in the wrong hands has brought in over 1 million pounds of drugs since 2020, according to a state audit.

The settlement would allow the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger to move forward under certain conditions.

The cost of diesel, which fuels the movement of goods through the United States, is up nearly $1 since last month, and up from just over $3.69 a year ago, according to AAA.

Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming have developed strategies for dealing with funding and mitigation costs of wildfires.

Tribal leaders across Washington and Oregon told Stateline that this year’s record-breaking wildfires burned timber that they rely on for income, threatened food sources and waterways, and harmed the…

Washington is among several states fighting to inspect immigrant detention facilities, including those run by private companies.

The Elwha Legacy Forests Coalition essentially bought out the rights to harvest 29 acres of state forests from a logging company.

The rare 2026 issue that draws huge support from Republicans and Democrats in Congress is the same one that’s mobilized many Americans: restrictions on giant data centers.

CNN, MS Now and Politico wrote in a joint statement the suit is intended “to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration acknowledged a need for more estrogen-based hormanal patches as more women seek hormonal therapies for symptoms related to menopause.

A bill sponsored by Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell that would overhaul how colleges fund sports and pay athletes is nearing a Senate vote.

The administration sought to dismiss the case brought against President Donald Trump’s negotiated settlement terms to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service for a years-old…

Krista Perea, a Democratic candidate for the Washington state House of Representatives, pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence Friday in her first court appearance after she was arrested…

The state Supreme Court on Thursday founded a ballot measure approved by Washington voters to be 'unconstitutional in its entirety.'

Advocates say the program would bring in millions of additional dollars for education. Critics say it would divert funding into private hands.

Professors, staff and lawmakers on the panel shared a dire outlook on the state of the University of Washington.

A coalition of civil rights groups and union organizations Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling locations…

Two of Washington’s hottest ballot battles will be the subject of prime-time televised debates next month.

Declining birth rates mean fewer students. And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools.

Washington needs to spend another $1.3 billion over the next two years to address skyrocketing lawsuit payouts due to government misconduct, officials say.

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Pete Serrano to be the next U.S. attorney for the western District of Washington.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept in place a lower court’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots for this year’s midterm elections.

Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos has rarely faced a competitive election challenge in her nearly three decades in the Washington Legislature.

Washington’s largest union for state government workers reached a tentative agreement on a new two-year contract early Friday.

Washington officials are drawing up contingency plans for the November election amid uncertainty on what might change for mail-in ballots.

The leader of Washington’s public school system on Thursday outlined his multibillion-dollar request for the state's next budget.

Washington is sending aid to several communities to repair roads and shore up infrastructure damaged by recent fires and last year's floods.

A quarter million Washingtonians who get their insurance through the state’s exchange face another year of double-digit rate increases.

The state Department of Ecology fined Crystal Clean $1.04 million after its Lakewood location was found to have violated multiple state laws.

Five races for seats on Washington’s state Supreme Court are set to get much more attention over the next two months.

Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states.

Opponents of President Donald Trump’s decision to sharply downsize two Utah national monuments in July are re-upping their argument that he didn’t have the authority to do so.

Summer wildfires burning through Washington just broke another record.

A legal effort fell short Thursday to keep a statement off ballots on how repealing Washington’s income tax would affect the state budget.