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A new law will require employers to post more pay and benefit information in job ads. A similar effort in Colorado is being met with mixed results.

The state Criminal Justice Training Commission made the decision Wednesday, resolving a dispute about how far back the new law could reach.

A new law allows Sound Transit to run city-specific ballot measures that would fund faster project delivery, expanded service or better infrastructure.

The messages show the degree of the Legislature's involvement in redrawing political districts — a process handled by a bipartisan commission.

 ... and a few bills they left on the table.

A bill inspired by student outreach would give authority to two students. It passed out of both chambers of the Washington Legislature this session.

Family members of mass shooting victims say the ban could save lives, but gun-rights groups remain opposed.

Legislative proposals may help fill in large gaps by providing funds to train more nurses.

Though state lawmakers approved the money last April to help undocumented immigrants, none has been distributed.

Lawyers for the state are expected to appeal the ruling, which will likely be decided by state Supreme Court.  

Families receiving TANF could get more money for diapers if Senate Bill 5838 passes in the Legislature.

Scientists look for ways to restore these important components of the ocean ecosystem.

A settlement will allow new congressional and legislative maps to stand, but the commission must make changes going forward.

Lawmakers and the Department of Corrections agree that the practice is harmful, but the latter balked at the proposed regulations

'This is a banned chemical, it's a known carcinogen — and here we are putting it on the faces of women.'