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Jay Inslee’s wins and setbacks during his 12 years as Washington governor

January 13, 2025, 11:58am Newsletter

On a recent tour of the Capitol office he’ll soon depart, Gov. Jay Inslee pointed to an old nautical instrument he keeps on the wall. Read story

Ferguson pitches $4B in spending cuts, voices skepticism of ‘wealth tax’

January 10, 2025, 7:33am Latest News Free

Washington Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson released his blueprint Thursday for chopping billions in state spending while investing millions in education and public safety in his first term — without the aid… Read story

FILE - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee delivers his annual State of the State address to a joint legislative session in the House chambers of the state Capitol, Jan. 9, 2024, in Olympia, Wash.

Outgoing Washington governor suggests ‘wealth tax’ to avoid cuts to education and police

December 17, 2024, 1:56pm Latest News

Outgoing Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a tax on wealth above $100 million in hopes of plugging a budget shortfall and averting cuts to education, mental health services and police. Read story

Casey Sixkiller, left, seen here at a former industrial site near Olympia in 2023, with U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, is incoming Gov. Bob Ferguson’s pick to lead the Washington State Department of Ecology. Sixkiller currently serves as a regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration.

Here’s who Bob Ferguson wants to lead WA’s departments of corrections and ecology

December 6, 2024, 2:32pm Latest News Free

Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson is tapping a Biden Administration official to lead the state’s Department of Ecology and to keep Washington at the forefront of the nation’s fight against the damaging effects of climate change. Read story

Sen. Paul Harris, from left, joins Sen. John Braun and Sen. Annette Cleveland during the 2025 Legislative Outlook at the Hilton Vancouver Washington on Thursday morning.

Southwest Washington legislators outline priorities during forum in Vancouver

December 5, 2024, 5:42pm Business

Republican legislators in Southwest Washington have a clear objective heading into the 2025 legislative session: slash spending and go back to basics. Read story

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks as Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, right, looks on before the signing of several bills aimed at protecting reproductive health and gender-affirming care in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2023, at the University of Washington's Hans Rosling Center for Population Health in Seattle.

Ferguson asks 3 agency leaders from Inslee administration to stay on

November 29, 2024, 7:21am Election Free

Washington Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson continued to fill out his administration Wednesday, announcing he is retaining leaders of two agencies and shifting another executive into a leadership role at a different department. Read story

Incoming WA governor and AG vow to take on Trump administration if it overreaches

Democratic Washington gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at the Washington State Democrats watch party on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Seattle.

November 8, 2024, 8:40am Election

Washington Attorney General and Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson and incoming Attorney General Nick Brown vowed Thursday they’re ready to take on the second Trump administration if it overreaches on abortion rights, mass deportations or a host of other issues. Read story