April 14, 2023, 7:44am Latest News
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray hailed plans to build a power-hungry fertilizer plant in Richland as a win for developing a green economy in the Tri-Cities. Read story
April 2, 2023, 6:04am Northwest
Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending March 31. Read story
March 26, 2023, 6:02am Northwest
Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending March 24. Read story
March 19, 2023, 6:02am Northwest
Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending March 17. Read story
March 12, 2023, 6:00am Northwest
Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending March 10. Read story
January 27, 2023, 8:16am Latest News
They are now among the most powerful women in Congress. But when they were first elected in the 1990s, they were often overlooked, or even talked down to. Read story
January 25, 2023, 7:40am Latest News
Washington’s Democratic senators on Tuesday pledged to block any effort by Republicans to further restrict abortion at the federal level after the Supreme Court last June overturned the Roe v. Wade decision, which had protected the right to terminate a pregnancy — with some limitations — for nearly half a… Read story
January 20, 2023, 7:31am Latest News
As the U.S. government on Thursday hit its self-imposed borrowing limit, Northwest lawmakers signaled the country could be in for a long fight in Congress over raising the debt ceiling that risks economic catastrophe if the parties don’t reach a deal on federal spending. Read story
January 4, 2023, 8:13am Clark County Politics
Washington Sen. Patty Murray was sworn in Tuesday as Senate president pro tempore, becoming the first woman in the country’s history to hold that role. Read story
January 3, 2023, 6:48pm Clark County News
Washington Sen. Patty Murray made history Tuesday, becoming the first woman to serve as Senate president pro tempore. That position, which presides over the Senate in the absence of the vice president, is held by the senior-most member of the majority party. It also makes Murray third in line to… Read story