Everyone is weighing in on the budget proposals from state House and Senate Democrats that look to spend close to $80 billion ...

Hundreds of people gathered under wet skies in Olympia on Monday to bring attention to the threat against Social Security.

By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor State legislators are two-thirds of the way through this year's session in Olympia - 71 days down, 34 to go. And now they're digging into the biggest challenge ...

Washington Senate and House Democrats propose raising taxes and some budget cuts to balance a $13 billion budget deficit.

Democrats in charge of the State Senate and House released their separate operating budget proposals Monday, detailing how ...

Democrats, who control the Legislature, must solve a historic budget crisis this spring. But can they agree on how to do it?

Although projected collections for the 2023-25 state budget rose by about $54 million from the November forecast, they ...

An advocate for health care and low-income housing, Frank Chopp was the longest-serving House speaker in the state's history ...

Democratic budget leaders Thursday say new taxes on the rich and adjustments to property and sales taxes are needed to ...

They don’t want school funding cut so that extremely wealthy people can keep enjoying a tax break,” said Senate Majority ...

Washington state economists believe the state will bring in about $71 billion in revenue over the next two years, which is ...

Democrats in the Washington state House on Tuesday approved a revamped plan to provide ... Republicans uniformly opposed ...