Washington state Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson said he wants to exhaust options to cut spending and increase efficiency before proposing tax increases, signaling that he doesn’t embrace outgoing Gov. Jay ...

Washington's incoming governor is breaking from some key members of his party on how to tackle the state's looming budget ...

Governor-elect Bob Ferguson said he is calling for a 6% across-the-board spending cut from state agencies on his first day in ...

Kent-based Puget Sound Fire, a few other local agencies and departments across the state sent firefighters Thursday morning, Jan. 9 to Los Angeles to help combat the wildfires.

Governor-elect Bob Ferguson's budget proposal diverges from the spending increases proposed by outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee.

There’s plenty of reason to believe he’ll balk at aid for situations like the California wildfires in a second term; he’s ...

Jan. 9, federal departments and agencies will close in observation of the former president’s death as he lays in state in ...

With an estimated 1,000 structures destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire and the flames still growing Wednesday, it is far ...

State recovery funds are now available for some residents whose homes were severely damaged in the bomb cyclone that hit ...

It’s been more than two years since Yakima County commissioners first approved a moratorium on solar development, and they ...

Inaugural balls honor the governor as well as statewide elected officials and the judicial and legislative branches. They’re ...