Washington could spend $1 million repairing damage from vandalism at the state Capitol last year.
Restoring a historic wool rug in the state Reception Room as close as possible to...
Washington’s runaway payouts for government misconduct climbed to $537 million in the past year, as the ever-growing sum continues to strain the state’s finances.
That tally from the fiscal year...
A Washington state judge has ordered the state to pay roughly $120 million to thousands of public school teachers for withholding interest on pension contributions they made more than...
Nearly half of front-line staff at Washington’s overcrowded juvenile detention facilities leave within a year. Many report feeling unsafe, unprepared and unsupported.
That’s according to a sobering, if not shocking,...
Tod Leiweke, CEO of the Kraken NHL team and one of the key figures pushing to return the SuperSonics NBA franchise to Seattle, dished some economic words of warning...
As the state wrestles with a cash-squeezed budget, Washington’s Department of Commerce is deploying staff and a state lawmaker to one of the world’s biggest air shows in hopes...
Washington voters will get their chance in November to embrace or reject the state’s new income tax on households with earnings greater than a million dollars a year.
The Washington...
The initiative to overturn Washington’s new income tax on high earners hasn’t officially qualified for the fall ballot yet, but on Tuesday, Gov. Bob Ferguson and other opponents of...
Washington state wants grocery chain Albertsons to pay for its alleged role in fueling an opioid epidemic that has killed thousands here.
State Attorney General Nick Brown argues Albertsons dispensed...
An investigation of Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members launched by Gov. Bob Ferguson last summer is taking longer and costing more than expected.
The tab is nearly $80,000 so...
Washington State Parks leaders are weighing a difficult decision on how to maintain or redevelop a storied island park mere miles from downtown Seattle.
Blake Island Marine State Park shimmers...
The private company that runs a Tacoma immigrant detention center must allow state inspectors inside after years of refusing, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
But U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin...
An apple carved from Tenino stone. A photo of the Nisqually Glacier on Mount Rainier. A commemorative FIFA World Cup ORCA card. And a snapshot of a smiling Jay...
Federal authorities on Tuesday threatened Washington state election officials with criminal prosecution if they fail to prevent noncitizens from voting in this year’s federal elections.
In a seven-page letter, Assistant...
A member of Washington’s Human Rights Commission has resigned after coming under fire for allegations of antisemitism over comments he made in a commission meeting.
Spokane pastor Luc Jasmin made...
Washington’s food stamp overpayments and underpayments ticked up this year, and the state could face tens of millions of dollars in added costs if accuracy doesn’t improve.
The state’s error...
Gardeners, landscapers, and homeowners all love compost. But no one loves the bits of plastic, paper – even glass – that sometimes get mixed in with commercially produced compost....
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will hold its regular commission meeting on Thursday, July 9 at its headquarters in Lacey. This is a hybrid meeting, and the public...
The province of Alberta late Thursday announced a route for a new, one-million-barrel-per-day crude oil pipeline to Canada’s West Coast that terminates within about a mile of Washington state...
Opponents of Washington’s new income tax on high earners turned in more than 500,000 signatures Thursday for an initiative to repeal the levy, nearly double the amount needed to...
