Economic Alliance Snohomish County (EASC) will host a virtual 2026 Legislative Wrap-Up from 8:39-9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, bringing together regional lawmakers to discuss key outcomes from the recently...
The Washington Legislature concluded its 2026 session Thursday evening after passing a batch of budgets and navigating late-breaking drama over the elimination of a data center tax break that...
Democrats in the Washington Legislature released a budget deal Wednesday balanced with one-time maneuvers, siphoning of rainy day reserves and slashing of child care funding.
“There will be a lot...
The first two grants from Washington’s new $100 million effort to boost law enforcement hiring have been awarded to local police departments, after months of frustration over the program’s...
It took over 24 hours of grinding floor debate, but Democrats in the Washington House approved an income tax Tuesday on households earning over $1 million a year.
The state...
New protections for domestic workers in Washington will take effect next year under a bill Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Monday.
Before the bill signing, close to 100 people gathered on the...
Two Lynnwood Fred Meyer stores made the Washington Lottery's 2025 'Luckiest Retailers' list, with the 164th Street store seeing the most winning lottery tickets over $1,000 that were sold...
So close.
With less than a week to go, policy proposals are nearing the finish line to becoming law in the Washington Legislature. But the last deadline of the legislative...
Democrats in the Washington State House on Friday stood at the precipice of enacting a statewide income tax, a momentous political accomplishment for progressives that is expected to face...
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Aluminum maker Alcoa has started to demolish its sprawling Intalco smelter west of Ferndale. The multiyear demolition and cleanup project snuffs out any...
The votes weren’t there yet late Wednesday for Democrats’ income tax bill in the Washington state House.
Democratic members are withholding support for the proposed income tax on millionaires, saying...
A prohibition on law enforcement covering their faces, motivated by masked federal immigration agents, is one step closer to becoming Washington law.
The state House passed the legislation along party...
Big technology companies scored a win in Olympia on Monday, as a sweeping bill to regulate data centers lapsed in the Washington state Legislature.
House Bill 2515 would have required...
Legislation allowing luxury electric vehicle makers Rivian and Lucid to join rival Tesla in selling directly to Washington customers is on a fast track for action in Olympia.
And if...
Funding that helps Washington communities plant and sustain trees is on the chopping block in the state Legislature.
House budget legislation would cut funding for the Department of Natural Resources’...
Washington Democrats’ controversial income tax bill emerged from a state House panel Friday looking much different than when it arrived.
But it hadn’t changed enough to win over Gov. Bob...
Zahid Chaudhry, a U.S. Army veteran, was held in the Northwest ICE Processing Center for four months last year.
He was released in December. While inside, he saw multiple fellow...
A series of overlapping construction projects across the Puget Sound region will make travel more challenging this weekend, particularly along the Interstate 405 corridor in Bothell and Renton, the...
Pursuit of a tougher drunk driving law in Washington has run out of gas.
Senate Bill 5067 to lower the legal limit for driving drunk stalled in the House Community...
Democrats’ main attempt to reduce skyrocketing lawsuit payouts by the state and local governments isn’t moving forward in the Washington Legislature this year.
Lawmakers were looking to provide some relief...
