Seattle Times staff reporter Joseph O’Sullivan covers state government and the Legislature.
Washington state House Democrats' 2019-21 operating budget plan would tackle increased K-12 education costs and expand early-childhood learning and Washington's college state need grant.
Washington has struggled to fund group homes for high-needs foster youth. As they write a new state budget, lawmakers will decide whether to fund a...
Budget season in Olympia began with a healthy revenue forecast and promise of a fight over taxes.
As Inslee launches the first presidential campaign by a Washington politician in more than 40 years, the business of the state will carry on, with...
The Senate's vote to approve a clean-power bill, and passage in the House of another climate bill, marked a pair of rare wins for the...