OLYMPIA — As legislative sessions go, this was largely a forgettable one. State lawmakers finished their two-month session Thursday night by passing an operating budget...
OLYMPIA — The state Legislature devolved into finger-pointing Wednesday as lawmakers struggled to wrap up loose ends — including a state operating budget — before...
Sen. Tracey Eide, D-Federal Way, announced she won’t run for re-election in the 30th Legislative district this year. “Shortly after my re-election in 2010, I...
When Lynn Peterson started as state transportation secretary a year ago she inherited two of the biggest megaprojects in Seattle history. The Department of Transportation...
OLYMPIA — House Democrats on Wednesday proposed closing tax breaks worth $100 million to help increase spending for education and pay for teacher pay increases....
Long before tunnel-boring machine Bertha stalled underneath Seattle because of leaky seals, it experienced a problem involving the same seals back in Japan. When workers...
The state Senate on Monday released a proposed budget that would throw some additional money into public schools, but nowhere near the amount called for...
WASHINGTON — Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday his administration is considering raising the minimum wage for state workers and contractors, a decision he believes he...
OLYMPIA — State lawmakers found something they could agree on Tuesday — allowing students brought here illegally as children to be eligible for financial aid....