Along the way, the budget is referred to committee, receives public hearings, gets voted out of committee and hits the floor ...

The site will receive the $3.2 billion for the 2026 fiscal year, which is a $200 million increase from the last two years.

Initiative IL26-638, presented to the legislature by political committee Let’s Go Washington after garnering over 400,000 ...

With the banging of gavels, the Washington state Legislature opened its sprint of a 60-day session Monday in Olympia. The ...

Washington lawmakers began the 2026 legislative session on Monday, facing a $2.3 billion budget shortfall in a proposed $79 ...

Washington state's 60-day legislative session started Monday in Olympia with lawmakers facing a $2 billion budget shortfall.

With a $1.6 billion to $2.3 billion budget shortfall hanging over the Washington state Legislature, House and Senate leaders ...

The question is whether this state budget shortfall is the result of insufficient tax revenue, or whether spending reductions ...

As Washington state faces a widening $4 billion budget deficit, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) priorities as well ...

Sen. Chris Gildon and representatives Cyndy Jacobsen and Michael Keaton – sent out a mailer to their constituents in the 25th ...

With a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall looming, Washington lawmakers are set to return to the Capitol for the 2026 ...

In addition to Washington state's self-inflicted problems, lawmakers are facing a frequently hostile Trump administration and ...