WA Government

Members of a nonpartisan state agency made up of local school board officials from across Washington are warning that conservative groups opposed to teaching about race and gender in schools are wielding increased influence within the organization’s ranks.

With a looming ballot initiative threatening to upend the finances of Washington’s long-term care benefit, the state is looking at contingency plans.

The packed field to represent Eastern Washington in Congress got a little more crowded Tuesday, with the late entry of Rick Valentine Flynn, a relatively unknown Cheney Republican with an unorthodox plan to halt inflation and spur economic development.

Employees of the Washington Legislature could start pursuing union representation Wednesday and two groups of workers did.

Smartphones gripping people’s attention isn’t anything new. But following the pandemic, Kris Hagel recalls seeing a troubling rise in public school students distracted by their phones during class.

Washington is on track to hit some of its housing goals, but homeownership remains expensive, homelessness is growing, and the supply of affordable homes is still running short.

The fate of one the largest wind farms proposed in Washington rests with Gov. Jay Inslee.

May 1—A law providing low-income Washington families with a monthly subsidy to buy diapers has been in effect for six months, but the need for diaper banks and other resources remains high. That's especially true in Yakima County, which had a diaper bank until July, when grant funding ended. Members of the Junior League of Yakima are having a Mother's Day diaper drive for Triumph's Parent ...

May 1—The last time Washingtonians elected a state schools leader was in 2020, when most school buildings were empty because of the pandemic. Running an all-online campaign, incumbent Chris Reykdal handily won reelection to a second term in the state's highest education office. The pandemic was an important factor in that race, but much less was known about how, and when, kids would return to ...

In the race to lead Washington’s public school system, Reid Saaris, a teacher and founder of an education nonprofit, has raised twice as much as the incumbent, Chris Reykdal.

Students from families on Washington’s food assistance programs will soon automatically qualify for financial aid to attend college.