April 7, 2021, 7:58am Latest News
Nine years ago, Washington broke major ground as one of the first two states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. But left out of the conversation in 2012 was… Read story
April 5, 2021, 11:23am Latest News
When state Senate Republican leader John Braun mulled his pick for the Washington State Redistricting Commission this year, he had no shortage of choices. Read story
April 8, 2021, 9:15am Latest News
A decadeslong effort came to fruition Wednesday when the Legislature passed a bill to resentence as many as 114 people serving life without parole under Washington’s three-strikes law. Read story
April 5, 2021, 6:02am Election
SPOKANE — Amid a wave of restrictive voting proposals that GOP state lawmakers say are aimed at combating voter fraud, Idaho and Washington’s top election officials, both Republicans, say their states’ voting systems passed the test of the 2020 elections with flying colors. Read story
April 2, 2021, 8:00am Business
Employers in some pandemic-ravaged Washington state industries could see up to $600 million in new tax relief under legislative measures that also aim to improve jobless claims processing and prevent unemployment fraud. Read story
April 1, 2021, 3:37pm Latest News
OLYMPIA — The Washington Senate on Thursday passed its two-year budget spending proposal that lawmakers said focuses on helping those hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. Read story
March 30, 2021, 7:32pm Business
BELLINGHAM — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee promoted two bills advancing through the Legislature that would address the increasing effects of climate change while adding family-wage jobs. Read story
March 30, 2021, 1:59pm Latest News
OLYMPIA — A controversial bill that would ban the open carry of firearms at public demonstrations and at the state capitol passed the state House of Representatives on Sunday after a five-hour debate. Read story
March 29, 2021, 6:05am Latest News
From 2014 to 2019, Michelle McClendon was without a driver’s license after she could not afford to pay a parking ticket she incurred while living out of her Toyota Camry. She also could not afford to be relicensed, so when public transit could not get McClendon to school, work or… Read story
March 29, 2021, 6:00am Courts & Crime
Lawmakers in Olympia are scrambling to respond to a Washington Supreme Court decision that declared the state’s law criminalizing drug possession unconstitutional because it did not require prosecutors to prove intent. Read story