Roughly $1 billion more is needed, and school districts want their local levies.
Bipartisan bills in the House and Senate could remove Cold War-era emergency planning restrictions.
The operation also faces possible closure if legislators pass a bill that would ban the use of Atlantic salmon in state aquaculture.
University of Washington students from the Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma campuses met with lawmakers on Monday to lobby for support…
Two decades after a voter-approved initiative made the practice illegal, legislators are calling for a reversal.
Transit advocates fear it will cut funding for key projects.
In the midst of the #MeToo movement, legislators seek a culture shift.
Bill would lower business and occupation tax by 40 percent over four years.
The bipartisan effort is intended to send a message to the other Washington while creating opportunities for young immigrants.
Democrat Frank Chopp has had the speaker title since 1999, and he says he’s not retiring this year.
Senator Kevin Ranker says the orca population in Puget Sound is down to 83, the lowest it had ever been.
The bill would expand an existing law that takes guns from perpetrators of domestic violence.
The vast majority of the state’s tax exemptions benefit businesses.
