WA Government

Washington's 2024 Electoral College meeting was part celebration of democracy as it currently exists and part call for a change that would eliminate such gatherings in the future.

Some people compare the presidential race to a marathon. But with the primaries, the conventions, the general election, the Electoral College vote and the official Congressional Count, it's more like a pentathlon.

The narrow passage of a statewide initiative intended to enshrine natural gas use in Washington has sparked an old West standoff – but the involved parties are dueling with legal filings rather than hot steel.

Facing a budget shortfall of $10 billion or more, Democratic leaders in the state Legislature are already talking about potentially raising taxes to forestall cuts to government services. But Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson says he’s not ready to back tax increases just yet. In an interview with Tthe Seattle Times at a North Seattle coffee shop Thursday – his first extensive sit-down since winning the gubernatorial race – Ferguson said he’s scouring state government looking for ways to cut spending before considering taxes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Since Republicans won control of the House, Senate and White House in last month’s elections, Democrats in Congress have embarked on a series of public and private debates over what went wrong for their party.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday proposed phasing out a program that lets some employers pay disabled workers less than the minimum wage, two Washington lawmakers who have long advocated an end to the program hailed the move.

Washington lawmakers have begun teeing up legislation ahead of the 2025 session.

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.

A 5,000-member public employee union in Washington that overwhelmingly rejected a new two-year contract in September is accusing the governor’s office and several community colleges of bad-faith bargaining.

Newly elected Sen. Marcus Riccelli will be a Democratic when the 2025 Washington Legislature convenes in January.

Washington state Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson on Thursday named a veteran budget writer and policy analyst to serve as his director of the Office of Financial Management.

General election results show Democrats in Washington are on track to growing their already-strong majorities in the state Legislature. Heading into the election last week, Democrats outnumbered Republicans by 29-20 in the Senate and 58-40 in the House.

WASHINGTON – Rep. Dan Newhouse won re-election in central Washington’s 4th Congressional District on Monday, a victory for moderate Republicans in an election that saw President-elect Donald Trump pull the GOP farther to the right.

Voters in Washington this year showed overwhelming support to keep in place the state’s controversial landmark climate policy as well as its capital gains tax.

WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump swept to victory in Tuesday’s election by winning a bigger share of votes in nearly every state than he did in 2020, improving even in Democratic bastions like Oregon, California and New York – but not in Washington state.

On Thursday, current Washington attorney general and soon-to-be governor Bob Ferguson and incoming Attorney General Nick Brown sought to calm the nerves of worried Washington residents, saying they’re prepared to challenge the Trump administration if its policies threaten state laws.