Washington Court of Appeals Judge Rebecca Pennell is a step closer to serving on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington after she was nominated for the position by President Joe Biden in March.
Washington’s front-running Democratic candidate for governor is embracing a Republican idea that would hasten building of new ferries and slow the state’s push to electrify the fleet.
When a judge ruled Washington's ban on high-capacity gun magazines to be unconstitutional, the state issued an emergency order minutes later to keep the law on the books while the case moves through appeals.
The Washington State Department of Commerce announced that it will send roughly $850,000 in maintenance money to both the Cornerstone Courtyard Apartments at 151 S. Adams St. and the Hoffman Apartments at 2024 E. Hoffman Ave.
State Rep. Leonard Christian announced his candidacy Thursday for a state Senate seat being vacated by veteran lawmaker and fellow Republican Sen. Mike Padden.
The Republican leader on the Senate Law and Justice Committee is leaving the Legislature behind after serving for nearly 3 decades. He was first elected in 1980 to represent Eastern Washington's 4th legislative district in the House. He went on to hold his seat there for 15 years. In 1995, he served as the House majority floor leader.
When the price of precious metals began tumbling late last summer, so too did demand for stolen catalytic converters, the exhaust-cleaning components that can be cut from a vehicle’s undercarriage in seconds and sold on the black market.
New data finds that Washington state lawmakers prioritize working together rather than passing bills along party lines, as the majority of bills passed during this year's session received bipartisan support.
Surrounded by lawmakers and many Washingtonians, Gov. Jay Inslee signed the state's supplemental operating and capital budgets on Friday. 2024 marks his final year as governor.
Mar. 27—Washington has passed legislation intended to safeguard its public libraries, after a small city in the southeastern corner of the state nearly became the first community in the nation to shutter its library over the book battles that have engulfed schools, libraries, cities and states across the country. The legislation, which passed both the House and Senate with overwhelming ...
In a push to combat gun violence across the state, Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bundle of gun-related bills on Tuesday, including that requires gun owners to report a missing or stolen firearm to police within 24 hours.
Although the winners for the Washington presidential primary were known minutes after the 8 p.m. deadline – if there was any doubt before then – that doesn’t mean there is nothing to learn from the final results, which are just finalized on Friday.
WASHINGTON – The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending package early Saturday morning to fund the government through September, narrowly averting a government shutdown, after the legislation cleared the House on Friday.
Democrats seeking to represent Eastern Washington in Congress by flipping a seat held by outgoing Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, made one of their first pitches directly to the voting public Friday during a debate hosted by the Eastern Washington University Student Democrats.
A new law allows co-living residential units to be built in cities and counties across Washington, where tenants would share a kitchen and communal space while renting out individual rooms.
