Seattle Times staff reporter Joseph O’Sullivan covers state government and the Legislature.
As Washington elections officials race to get voter-registration data punched into a new statewide system ahead of the Aug. 6 primary, they're finding VoteWA slowing...
New Washington state firearms laws taking effect this month include a ban on "ghost guns" and measures that strengthen domestic violence and protection order statutes....
State and King County elections officials say citizens shouldn't hesitate to check with their county elections office on changes made through the new online system.
When King County election officials this spring flipped the switch to test VoteWA, the new statewide voter-registration database, they encountered a slew of problems. The...
Attorneys for the state Legislature have argued that changes made by lawmakers over the years secured their exemption to a law that requires state agencies...
The Washington Supreme Court could ultimately decide whether the Legislature must comply with the same transparency law that directs other state and local governments to...
Thursday's ruling found that Comcast signed up 30,946 Washington residents to a service-protection plan without their knowledge. But the judge also rejected other allegations in...
When Richard DeBolt discussed the $2 billion project with the state Department of Ecology or the office of Gov. Jay Inslee, it hasn't been as...
Palumbo will return to his former employer, this time as Amazon's director of public policy for the state, according to a company spokesman.