Late last week, social media lit up with users sounding the alarm about a supposed new Washington state law barring “aimless ...

Democratic state senators in Washington pushed a state income tax across the legislative finish line Wednesday after Republicans’ last-ditch attempt to derail it failed. On a 27-21 vote, Democrats ...

With a looming $12 billion to $16 billion budget shortfall hanging over the Washington state Legislature, House and Senate leaders and Gov. Bob Ferguson presented differing proposals to address the ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — As the new year approaches, a range of Washington state laws will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026, bringing changes to workers, employers, families, and consumers across the state. These ...

Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons, a Democrat from Bremerton, is facing ethics charges that she used her standing as a ...

Depending on who you ask, this year’s short 60-day session of the Washington state Legislature was either history-making, troubling, or both. Lawmakers passed a bill to tax incomes over a million ...

The curtain fell Thursday night on the Washington Legislature’s 60-day session. A lot happened before it did. Passage of Democrats’ income tax on millionaire earners was the big storyline. It followed ...

Orcutt is a Republican state representative, serving Centralia and Chehalis. But when the Legislature adjourns, you can find him surveying trees for his day job as a forester. In his bright yellow ...