
Inside WA legislative workers’ union push as frustration builds with Democratic leadership
Much of the movement in recent years has been spurred by Democratic legislative assistants and partisan staff who work for that political caucus.
Seattle Times staff reporter Joseph O’Sullivan covers state government and the Legislature.
Much of the movement in recent years has been spurred by Democratic legislative assistants and partisan staff who work for that political caucus.
Washington's leaders, all Democrats, raged at the U.S. Supreme Court, as they promised that abortion would remain legal in the state.
“NOT HERE, NOT IN OUR LIFETIME,” Gov. Jay Inslee tweeted. Sen. Patty Murray, Mayor Bruce Harrell and County Executive Dow Constantine also spoke out against...
Federal judge says lawsuit against state's new long-term care program should be brought in state court.
The Washington Supreme Court has ruled against an Edmonds gun storage ordinance in a court order reaffirming state law that local governments can't impose their...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler apologized in a statement after a half-dozen state workers said he referred to people with slurs and belittled staffers.
Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, in office since 2001, is accused of racially insensitive remarks and hostile management. Kreidler said he feels bad if he offended...
Inslee's veto prompted bursts of frustration yet again from Democratic lawmakers — and showed just how central tax preferences are to Washington politics and policy.
The bills are some of the strongest gun regulations to be passed by the Legislature. Washington voters in the past decade have three times approved...
As the 2022 Washington Legislature comes to a close, two more lawmakers say they will not seek reelection.