For a starting one-way price of $279, travelers can fly from Spokane’s Felts Field Regional Airport to the Olympia Regional ...

Tuesday's blue wave is carrying Democrats to a supermajority in the Washington state House of Representatives.

Washington’s governor met again with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday to push the case for the return of the Seattle SuperSonics.

Election Day is here in Washington and the nation. Numerous pivotal races will be decided.  There are three ...

All but one of the slate of five Washington state Supreme Court candidates backed by Democratic leaders led their races ...

Buoyant Democrats were on course Tuesday night to strengthen their grip on power in the Washington state House.

WHAT WOULD THE INITIATIVE DO? Initiative 001 would restore Initiative 2081, known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights, that the Legislature enacted in 2024 then amended in 2025. This measure would undo ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Wednesday indicated that he’s reluctant to support major new tax increases in the legislative session that begins in January. The first-term Democrat also said housing ...

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Voters on Tuesday were upholding Washington’s new income tax on households earning more than a million dollars a year, a threshold opponents argued would eventually be lowered to apply to everyone.

These are places like east King County suburbs where Republican Dino Rossi’s tenure as a state senator nearly carried him to ...

In a tight race for a seat in the Washington state Legislature, one political committee turns to online influencers to reach ...