Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson issued an order Tuesday afternoon canceling the planned release of convicted triple ...

Timothy Pauley, 66, has been described as “a danger to others” whose “release would be absolutely traumatizing to his victim ...

In the years since Trump pulled our nation out of the Paris Agreement in 2017, we in Washington State were advancing major ...

Every decision that we made, we were thinking about the people who are impacted by those decisions,” said state Sen. June ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday blocked the release of a man convicted of murdering three people in June 1980 — effectively undoing a January decision made by his predecessor, then-Gov. Jay Inslee.

Democratic lawmakers in the Senate and House chambers release their budget proposals as the debate over state spending heats ...

Ferguson and Democrats agree they need to honor state employees' raises outlined in a new collective bargaining agreement. Now the debate turns to furloughs.

The proposal comes a day after Senate Democrats released their budget proposal. Both versions call for taxing the state's ...

While both plans include new ... governor has floated budget proposals that include savings of nearly $4 billion. That’s in addition to the roughly $3 billion in cuts outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee ...

Frank Chopp, the longest-serving speaker in Washington state House history, has died at the age of 71, according to The ...