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.

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.

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.

John Braun: U.S. Navy veteran, businessman, father of four, and now one of the most powerful Republicans in the state.

Efforts to take down the missionary’s statue have resurfaced this year with a proposal to replace it with the renowned Nisqually activist.

An Oregon law decriminalizing drug possession took effect this week. Some think Washington state should follow suit.

Some studies have found the ride-hailing services increase vehicle miles driven and pollution.

June 19 is already celebrated as the end of slavery in the United States. Lawmakers are debating making it an official government holiday.