Members of the Washington state Legislature and Gov. Bob Ferguson convened Monday for the first day of the 2026 legislative ...

The Washington State Legislative Black Caucus released the 2025 community survey results and 2026 legislative priorities ...

Budget talks dominated the 2025 legislative session. Now, amid another looming shortfall, tax debates and federal funding ...

Washington state lawmakers have ended their legislative session by sending a $78 billion dollar budget to Gov. Bob Ferguson’s desk. It includes nearly $6 billion in cuts and over $9 billion in taxes.

Senators on the floor at the start of the 2024 legislative session. The 2025 session will begin on Jan. 13 and is scheduled to last 105 days. (Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard) Washington’s ...

During the 2025 legislative session, which wraps up Sunday, lobbyists crowded outside the wings of the state House and Senate in Olympia. They chilled under blossoming cherry trees by the Territorial ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Lawmakers have reached a deal for a two-year operating budget, though crucial elements of the proposal are still being worked out in these final days of the legislative session.

With HB 1747 moving through the Washington state legislature, employers may want to evaluate their hiring policies and assess whether adjustments would be necessary should the bill become law.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Now that we've entered 2026, a number of new laws are now in effect. The laws that took effect on Thursday include bringing changes to workers, employers, families, and consumers ...

Though time is said to heal all wounds, the scars from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns remain fresh as the nation experienced executive overreach at the federal and state levels. It is important going ...