Read political news, from city governments in Seattle and its suburbs to the governor and Legislature in Olympia.
The report comes as King County grapples with efforts to reduce youth incarceration and after a pledge by the county executive to close the youth...
All 10 of Washington's House lawmakers voted to send more than $60 billion to Ukraine, including GOP Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Spokane and Dan...
Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, putting it right in the...
The new 20-year transportation plan for Seattle is mostly aspirational, though a levy this November could fund some of the projects.
Washington sued Kroger, along with Albertsons and Rite Aid, arguing the pharmacy chains failed to be the "final barrier" against the overprescription of opioids.
In Washington and across the U.S., child care programs can be prohibitively expensive, openings can be hard to find, and government assistance is limited.
Legislators in two dozen states, including Washington, are working on bills, or have passed laws, to combat A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced total of $7 billion in grants for solar energy programs across the U.S.
What could have been a coronation now looks like a competitive race, with three veteran state officials vying to represent the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas.
Lawmakers have wrestled with how to decarbonize the state's largest utility and gas provider without hurting ratepayers.
