Inheriting a $16 billion budget shortfall was not the way I wanted to start as governor,” Bob Ferguson said Tuesday.

Before Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the next state budget on Tuesday, he vetoed a few dozen spending provisions ...

ESB 5041 extends unemployment benefits to striking or locked-out workers. Depending on the strike date, benefits would start ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson has styled himself a fiscal reformer, but he led the way on a budget gimmick that ignores some $500 million ...

As reported by the Washington Research Council: “In both budgets, compensation increases for state employees and collective bargaining agreements with non-state employees make up the largest share of ...

A new state law caps increases in rent for many tenants across Washington. As tenants welcome new stability, landlords worry ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Two former inmates, who each spent decades in prison, helped pass a new law aimed at reforming Washington’s clemency system and expanding opportunities for early release.

Two Republicans from central and Eastern Washington voted on Thursday to pass President Donald Trump's signature bill to cut taxes and boost spending on immigration enforcement, after their fellow GOP ...

All four Idaho Republican congressmen want the U.S. Small Business Administration , or SBA, to move its Pacific Northwest ...

The entire $7 million a year grant from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction was cut. This grant allowed the ...

Washington State Ferries is the largest passenger ferry system in America, a critical link in the Washington state transportation system. Ferry ridership is up, but service is unreliable. In the past ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law that will provide employers with a cure period for job postings that ...