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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.
Gov. Jay Inslee and the psychiatry chair at the University of Washington say a new teaching hospital could ease a bed shortage, and serve as...
A bill moving through the Washington legislature would give state government more tools to deal with health-care disparities due to exposure to pollution.
Anticipating a frenetic out-of-state travel schedule as Inslee campaigns for president, the Patrol plans to assign six additional troopers, a sergeant and a lieutenant to...
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...
Nearly two dozen states flunked a national ranking of their efforts to remove lead from drinking water in public schools and preschool centers.
Washington state has among the most punishing laws in the country for people in debt, allowing collection companies to take advantage of high interest rates...
Five people overdosed in the encampment, along with two others nearby, on Jan. 17. One person died.
That Boeing has been charging extra for key safety features on planes probably won't be news to anyone who has faced the à la carte...
