April 2, 2024, 8:30am Latest News Free
Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday signed the final operating budget of his tenure, approving an extra $2 billion during the second half of the state’s two-year budget cycle for education, mental health services, housing and more. Read story
April 1, 2024, 7:53pm Northwest Free
Gov. Jay Inslee entered the conference room next to his Capitol office Thursday morning, took a seat at the end of a long rectangular table, and set about to turn legislation into law. Read story
March 29, 2024, 4:42pm Editor's Choice Free
Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed a hotly contested bill to quicken Puget Sound Energy’s transition away from natural gas, leaving in place a provision that critics argued would unfairly benefit the utility’s investors at the expense of ratepayers. Read story
March 29, 2024, 2:34pm Latest News Free
As Gov. Jay Inslee prepared to sign the last transportation spending plan of his 12-year tenure Thursday, he described the bumpy road ahead for lawmakers and his successor. Read story
March 29, 2024, 6:02am Northwest Free
In recent years, Washington lawmakers have changed zoning laws, poured money into new housing, created homelessness prevention programs, moved people out of encampments and boosted behavioral health support. Read story
March 28, 2024, 6:11pm Latest News
During the last bill-signing tour of his career at the helm of Washington, outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee signed a wide slate of climate and environmental bills into law Thursday afternoon. Read story
March 28, 2024, 7:56am Health
A bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday will limit the cost of some lifesaving medicines, according to an announcement from Rep. Dave Zpaul, D-Oak Harbor, the bill’s sponsor. Read story
March 28, 2024, 6:05am Latest News Free
Drivers in Washington state may soon face better odds of getting caught on camera if they run a red light, speed through a work zone on a city street or fail to stop at a crosswalk. Read story
March 27, 2024, 8:17am Latest News
Washington has passed legislation intended to safeguard its public libraries, after a small city in the southeastern corner of the state nearly became the first community in the nation to shutter its library over the book battles that have engulfed schools, libraries, cities and states across the country. Read story
March 21, 2024, 7:37am Latest News
Gov. Jay Inslee signed Sen. Brad Hawkins' bill to expand the Running Start program on Monday. Read story