The state Legislature passed the ban on single-use plastic bags with bipartisan support in 2020, but the pandemic has delayed its implementation.

Progress on a new proposal that would expand legal defenses for poor and mentally ill defendants has waned in recent months.

Money from legal cannabis sales amounts to about 2% of the state operating budget.

Efforts to expand the state’s green building rules would, among other things, phase out gas heat and appliances in most homes and businesses.

The move by the King County Board of Health comes after a Crosscut report showing disproportionate enforcement toward homeless people.

Providers have used area hotels and motels as a stopgap since the pandemic began. Their future use is unclear.

Wealth tax, capital gains tax, payroll tax — what’s the difference? We break it down.

Bellevue teens who love dogs take their advocacy work to Olympia to propose a bill and see it through.

Latino signatures are more likely to be questioned and less likely to be fixed during Washington state elections.

The state is trying to fix some of the system’s most pressing issues to deal with the ongoing unemployment crisis.

Use of Medicaid insurance has grown during COVID-19, but budget shortfalls make it harder for many to get this free care.

Public safety and taxation will continue to be divisive issues that could make consensus more difficult, but not impossible.