More than 200 new Washington state laws take effect Thursday.
Among them are tax hikes, enhancements to the state’s Voting Rights Act and guidance for retailers on the penny phase-out.
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A judge on Tuesday rejected a challenge from major pharmaceutical companies against Washington’s new law trying to reduce prescription drug prices for hospitals.
Gov. Bob Ferguson in March signed Senate...
Flying a drone above FIFA World Cup fan celebrations, practice facilities and matches at Lumen Field could get operators hit with a felony and a fine up to $100,000.
Authorities...
Washington state’s annual search for over 130 invasive insects, weeds and plant pathogens has begun.
Employees with the state Department of Agriculture are traveling across Washington to set traps for...
State agency leaders received a dire warning from Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office on Friday that they’re headed toward “what will likely be the most challenging budget any of us...
The Washington State Department of Ecology is hosting three online community forums where you can learn about the department's new Community Engagement Plan, ask questions and share your thoughts....
Federal cannabis policy changes, market consolidation and difficulties with illicit-market enforcement remain among the biggest challenges facing Washington’s legal marijuana industry, according to leaders of the Washington State Liquor...
Signature gatherers for an initiative to ditch Washington’s new income tax did steady business at a Tumwater church Wednesday afternoon.
Seated under a tent outside The Remnant church, a quartet...
The state of Washington on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a challenge against the state’s political maps, then remand it to a lower court to determine...
Gov. Bob Ferguson is rejecting a lead Republican’s proposal to temporarily suspend Washington’s cap-and-trade program to decrease prices at the pump.
In the last three months, retail gasoline in Washington...
Washington’s rural counties saw the largest drops in insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act after the Republican-controlled Congress failed to extend subsidies that helped consumers afford the plans.
About...
No state agency was responsible for inspecting the 900,000-gallon chemical storage tank that burst at a mill in southwest Washington this week, leaving 11 people dead.
Unlike underground storage tanks...
The Washington Public Disclosure Commission’s two newest members attended their inaugural meeting on Thursday, marking the first time in more than a year that the state’s chief enforcer of...
The death toll from Tuesday’s chemical tank rupture at a mill in southwest Washington has climbed to at least two people, while nine others remain “unrecovered,” according to authorities.
Longview’s...
A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday ruled the Trump administration wrongfully terminated a $4 million grant for Washington meant to provide services for new migrants.
The case is somewhat...
A year into Washington’s limit on residential rent increases, the state has yet to collect a cent in civil penalties from landlords.
That’s not to say some haven’t violated the...
Washington State Ferries (WSF) will host two virtual community meetings Tuesday, May 26.
WSF leaders will discuss service plans for the upcoming World Cup, share an update on the pet...
Cuts that Republicans in the U.S. House are seeking to the nuclear cleanup at Washington’s Hanford site would go deeper than steep reductions the Trump administration proposed.
Hanford’s fiscal 2026...
Washington’s open government advocates say the state’s once-strong transparency framework is steadily weakening as legislative privilege claims expand, exemptions multiply and reform efforts stall.
Mike Fancher, former Seattle Times executive...
Puget Sound Energy is adding a wind farm in Klickitat County to its clean energy portfolio, the latest move in the utility’s transition to become greenhouse gas neutral by...
