Washington state lawmakers discuss budget proposals focusing on maintaining programs and addressing economic challenges.

The state faces a severe shortfall, but a proposed package would raise or shift $1 billion in taxes to secure funding for ...

NWS’s Storm Prediction Center warned that the storm approaching Washington could cause a tornado. Just how uncommon is that ...

Explore how Washington House and Senate differ in their budget plans, focusing on taxes, cuts, and spending priorities.

Senators want to increase the gas tax by 6 cents, and representatives want a 9-cent hike to help cover a $1 billion deficit.

Senate Democratic lawmakers in the Washington Legislature released a $78.5 billion state spending proposal Monday that includes increased funding for K-12 special education for the next two years and ...

Washington Senate and House Democrats propose raising taxes and some budget cuts to balance a $13 billion budget deficit.

Both House and Senate Democrats make ends meet in the next two-year budget by delaying expansion of early learning and child ...

March is flipping the script on the old "in like a lion, out like a lamb" adage this year as our weather is about to start ...

Every decision that we made, we were thinking about the people who are impacted by those decisions,” said state Sen. June ...

By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor State legislators are two-thirds of the way through this year's session in Olympia - 71 days down, 34 to go. And now they're digging into the biggest challenge ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has been serving the state for more than 100 years. Our diverse roles include providing fee-based services to the agriculture community, promoting ...