Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, delivered his final State of the State address. His comments about President-elect Donald Trump elicited jeer from Republican lawmakers.

“There’s part of me that wants to be a cynic and wants to be skeptical,” House Republican Leader Rep. Drew Stokesbary, ...

A month after outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee proposed a wealth tax he said could raise approximately $10.3 billion in new revenue, ...

The new boss overseeing child welfare in Washington will have her hands full navigating a crisis in youth prisons.

Though their 342 residents are by far the smallest population on DCYF’s sprawling docket, questions around youth incarceration have stymied the agency and, ultimately, precipitated the departure of ...

It’s little surprise, given the soaring costs of housing and child ... As part of his final state budget proposal, outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee floated the idea of a new wealth tax on assets over $100 ...

Inslee's decision to enact an emergency clause on House Bill 2638, approving legal Washington sports betting, was somewhat of a surprise ... March 25, 2021: Gov. Jay Inslee signs Washington ...

Washington's new governor, Bob Ferguson, impressed Republicans with his inaugural address, which emphasized bipartisanship ...

President-elect Donald Trump demonstrated in his first term a willingness to withhold and otherwise weaponize relief funding to American communities stricken by disaster, providing help to states — or ...

Who guessed Bob Ferguson would propose slashing the budget? He's gone against type before, so he may be that odd thing in ...

Jay Inslee’s proposal for a “wealth tax ... They created this volatile tax and now they’re surprised that it’s not collecting what they expected. The same thing is going to happen ...