(The Center Square) – Vancouver, Washington recently declared a state of emergency as a result of an increasing number of homeless people within city limits.

(The Center Square) – Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced on Thursday that he is leaving Washington state for sunny Miami, Florida, which means the Evergreen State is likely to

(The Center Square) – Over the weekend, most – but not all – Americans saw daylight saving time end for 2023 by setting their clocks back an hour as part

(The Center Square) – The Spokane City Council suspended its meeting Monday evening during a public comment period after a handful of pro-Palestinian supporters disregarded rules against singling out...

(The Center Square) – New revenue forecasts for Seattle in 2024 have Mayor Bruce Harrell seeking to adjust next year's budget to utilize the additional funds in order to pay

(The Center Square) – Bellevue residents are set to see a 1% increase to their city-based tax for next year as a budget deficit approaches the city in 2024.

(The Center Square) – As municipalities across the United States consider acquiring and converting parking lots into homeless encampments with social services, some oppose the programs, citing high...

(The Center Square) – Hundreds gathered Monday morning at the Port of Tacoma in an attempt to block the departure of a merchant vessel believed to be carrying weapons and

(The Center Square) – Certain industry sectors are supposed to be exempt from any fuel surcharges fuel companies pass along to customers due to Washington state's cap-and-trade program, but that

(The Center Square) – Voters across Washington should start seeing ballots arriving in their mailboxes later this week for the Nov. 7 general election. It’s an odd-year election, meaning the

(The Center Square) – The Washington Farm Bureau is urging state lawmakers to address a multi-million-dollar dispute with the Department of Ecology over a tax exemption for fuels used for

(The Center Square) – Three fatal collisions that occurred in Seattle over the past weekend has the Seattle Department of Transportation emphasizing its program to reduce traffic deaths in the

(The Center Square) – Income-eligible individuals and families in Washington – including non-U.S. citizens – who lack employer-provided healthcare and dental coverage can sign up for a subsidized...

(The Center Square) – The Seattle Office of Labor Standards is inviting the public to comment on proposed changes to select rules regarding a gig worker minimum wage bill the

(The Center Square) - Earlier this month, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that he would send $40 million of taxpayer dollars recovered from recent price-fixing lawsuit settlements...

(The Center Square) - Washington's Working Families Tax Credit doled out more than $108 million, Senate Democrats said.

(The Center Square) - The Washington House of Representatives has passed a bill initially introduced last year banning Puget Sound Energy from providing natural gas in new residential or commercial

(The Center Square) – Nearly 420,000 signatures were turned into the Secretary of State’s Office in Tumwater on Tuesday afternoon in an effort to qualify Initiative 2117, a measure to

(The Center Square) - Let’s Go Washington has sent a cease-and-desist letter to three organizations it’s accused of illegally interfering with its signature gathering efforts for initiatives to be...

(The Center Square) – A Tri-Cities attorney who serves on the Pasco City Council and has represented a conservative nonprofit organization in legal challenges to Washington state’s gun laws and

(The Center Square) – Voter advocacy group Let’s Go Washington submitted nearly 425,000 signatures Thursday afternoon for Initiative 2124, which would allow mothers, seniors, migrant workers,...

(The Center Square) – The Washington Secretary of State’s Office has certified an initiative that would prohibit any government in the state from enacting an income tax.

(The Center Square) – State Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, is urging legislative action to lower the price at the pump for Washington motorists paying the second-highest gas prices in the

(The Center Square) – Halfway through the legislative session in Olympia, House Republicans are doubling down on pressuring majority party Democrats to hold public hearings on six initiatives to the

(The Center Square) – A Ballotpedia analysis of Washington state Supreme Court candidate campaign finance and court case outcomes between 2013 and 2022 shows that progressive candidates and causes...

(The Center Square) – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to sell 50 million shares of Amazon stock, which would have cost him hundreds of millions of dollars had he not

(The Center Square) – Two bills filed in the Washington State Legislature take aim at Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s use of recent lawsuit settlement money to send out checks to

(The Center Square) – Washington comes in at No. 37 in the Cato Institute’s most recent “Freedom in the 50 States 2023” report.

(The Center Square) – It wasn’t Santa Claus delivering Christmas presents, but on Thursday afternoon, voter advocacy group Let’s Go Washington turned in 419,699 signatures for Initiative 2109, which...

(The Center Square) – Voter advocacy group Let’s Go Washington dropped off more than 420,000 signatures at the Secretary of State’s office in Tumwater on Tuesday afternoon to qualify Initiative

(The Center Square) – With homeless service providers transitioning to a housing first approach, at least one Washington state lawmaker is seeking legislation to ensure tax dollars are being used

(The Center Square) - A Washington bill would allow convicted sex offenders classified at the highest risk of reoffending the opportunity to be released from lifetime community custody.

(Center Square) – If you have paperless billing for your utilities and don’t pay close attention to your bank account, you may not have noticed an increase in charges due

(The Center Square) – Sen. Joe Nguyen, D-White Center, thinks Washington state's high gas prices are the result of oil companies gouging customers, not the state's cap-and-trade law that went

(The Center Square) – Washington residents and businesses reliant on Puget Sound Energy, the state’s largest utility provider, for natural gas could have it discontinued under a revised version of

(The Center Square) – Initiative 2117 to repeal Washington state's cap-and-trade law under the Climate Commitment Act could already be impacting the CCA's carbon credit futures market that is meant

(The Center Square) – More than 440,000 Washingtonians are getting, or already have, an unexpected check in the mail this month.

(The Center Square) – As the Washington Interagency Electric Vehicle Coordinating Council contemplates its agenda for next year’s legislative session, the state Senate is on the verge of passing a

(The Center Square) – Washington’s fatal drug overdose rate increased in a one-year period the fastest of any state, according to a new report by the Center for Disease Control

(The Center Square) – A divided Washington State Supreme Court ruled last month that a “three strikes” criminal offender can be imprisoned for life without parole even if one of

(The Center Square) – Three-and-a-half years after Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee announced the creation of two funds – the Immigrant Relief Fund and the Food Production Paid Leave Program

(The Center Square) – The Senate has passed legislation that would facilitate linking Washington state’s carbon market to the joint California-Quebec market, a move supporters hope ensures durability...

(The Center Square) – One year and more than $65 million into Washington state's Right of Way Safety Initiative, nearly 300 homeless people have been moved off state highway rights

(The Center Square) – The Seattle City Council has approved a rate increase to the JumpStart Payroll tax in order to boost revenue for student mental health services.

(The Center Square) – A new report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reveals that the Seattle – King County region has the third largest number of

(The Center Square) – The Citizen Action Defense Fund has filed for a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit against the state’s ban on the sale of new gasoline

(The Center Square) – Washington Democrats' latest step toward quelling gun violence in the state isn't limiting access to firearms but making them more expensive to shoot.

(The Center Square) – Spokane mayoral candidate Lisa Brown slightly expanded her election night lead over incumbent Nadine Woodward following updated vote tallies late Thursday afternoon by the...

(The Center Square) – A group of Washingtonians turned out Wednesday afternoon at the steps of the Capitol building in Olympia to demand lawmakers follow the state's constitution and act

(The Center Square) - The state Utilities and Transportation Commission last year approved a rate increase requested by Puget Sound Energy, with the stipulation that costs associated with the state

(The Center Square) – The City of Seattle is facing a lawsuit over its withholding of public information about communications with a city council member who publicly supported a high-profile

(The Center Square) – Jaime Herrera Beutler, a former U.S. House of Representatives member elected from Washington state's 3rd District, officially announced Tuesday that she is planning to run for

(The Center Square) - During this year’s legislative session a group of Washington House lawmakers introduced House Bill 1579, which would have allowed the state attorney general’s office to conduct

(The Center Square) – The City of Seattle will spend $1.8 million to construct an all-gender bathroom facility near the waterfront.

The state of Washington is suing to stop the merger of Kroger and Albertsons.

(The Center Square) - The Washington Secretary of State’s Office has certified an initiative allowing workers to opt out of the state’s long-term care tax. It marks the sixth and

(The Center Square) – Understanding how a home mortgage works, how credit cards and debt can pile up and how to make a budget are critical financial life skills.

(The Center Square) – Legislation that would have given cities and counties across Washington state the ability to raise property taxes at a rate of 3%, instead of the current

(The Center Square) – As the city of Bellevue’s Transportation Commission prepares to meet this week to review a proposal converting vehicle lanes into bike lanes, a private citizen has

(The Center Square) – A Wednesday afternoon rally is scheduled at the Washington State Capitol Campus in Olympia by supporters of six citizen initiatives currently lingering in the state Legislature.

(The Center Square) – There was some cautiously optimistic news from a series of updates on Spokane County's Oregon Road Fire and Gray Fire. The manpower brought to bear on

(The Center Square) – Drivers would get a fuel rebate check under a new proposal filed in the Washington State Legislature.

(The Center Square) – Minutes before a 5 p.m. legislative deadline and after a lengthy floor debate, the Washington State House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that limits

(The Center Square) – The Washington State Transportation Commission on Monday approved increases to toll rates on the Interstate 405 express toll lanes and the State Route 167 high occupancy

(The Center Square) – Earlier this month, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission approved a request by Puget Sound Energy to increase its natural gas rates to cover the costs

(The Center Square) – A Washington state bill would create a “buffer zone” between signature gatherers and individuals opposed to the initiatives or referendums, in an effort to prevent conflicts

(The Center Square) – Spokane Superior Court Judge Tony Hazel has cleared the way for a ballot initiative that would ban camping within 1,000 feet of places like schools, playgrounds

(The Center Square) – A bill that seeks to restrict future U.S. imports of Russian uranium cleared the House of Representatives with bipartisan support Monday night.

(The Center Square) – The Washington State Building Code Council is continuing work on proposed changes to the state’s energy code that critics insist will undermine housing supply and affordability

(The Center Square) - Washington taxpayers could pay as much as $120,000 per vehicle on electric heavy duty truck subsidies as part of a planned state voucher program intended to

(The Center Square) – Washington state's carbon market on its own may not be large enough or liquid enough to stop allowance prices from becoming prohibitively expensive, according to a

(The Center Square) - The Washington Secretary of State’s Office has certified an initiative that, if approved by voters in November, would repeal a 2021 tax imposed on income derived

(The Center Square) – A Washington-based group has filed a legal complaint with the federal and state attorney general offices' civil rights divisions against the King County Prosecutor’s Office...

(The Center Square) – Washington state is working on efforts to transition the transportation sector away from fossil fuels and towards electrification. However, trucking industry advocates say state...

(The Center Square) – Washington state gas prices are rising again, but slower than earlier in the year. Despite the increase, California retains its position as the state with the

(The Center Square) – Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Schwartz has ruled in favor of a lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, ordering the

(The Center Square) – Washington state fuel prices are on the rise again, but despite the increase, California is still king when it comes to the price at the pump,

(The Center Square) – The Washington Policy Center and the Citizen Action Defense Fund on Monday filed individual amicus briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of

(The Center Square) – Voters in Washington state will see Donald Trump’s name on the March 12 primary ballot as a presidential candidate.

(The Center Square) - Voter advocacy group Let's Go Washington announced it has collected enough signatures to put Initiative 2113 on the ballot, which would restore the state's policy regarding

(The Center Square) – A Spokane County sheriff’s deputy arrested a six-time convicted felon early Monday morning on suspicion of illegal drug possession and probation violation after he tried to

(The Center Square) - The Washington State Building Code Council has removed a mandate for heat pumps in new houses and apartments, though the delayed update still maintains certain regulations

(The Center Square) – Two federal agencies overseeing a proposal to reintroduce grizzly bears in Washington state’s North Cascades ecosystem have added two more in-person meetings to receive public...

(The Center Square) – Less than half of Renton residents feel safe in their neighborhoods at night – and even fewer feel safe in the city's downtown core.

(The Center Square) – The Seattle Office for Civil Rights is allowing the public to vote on how to distribute a total of $27.3 million in funding through the office's

(The Center Square) – State Senate Republican leader John Braun is decrying a bill proposed by majority Democrats that, if enacted, could triple Washington’s 1% limit on annual property tax

(the Center Square) - The Washington State Department of Transportation officials say they need $1.1 billion more annually to fully fund maintenance and preservation demand on the existing infrastr...

(The Center Square) – No decision has yet been made on a request for federal assistance to Spokane County residents who suffered losses from destructive wildfires in August.

(The Center Square) – One of Seattle’s most used bus routes received a $64.2 million federal grant to improve reliability and access.

(The Center Square) – State Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, is calling on her colleagues across the aisle to schedule a public hearing on Initiative 2117, certified by the Secretary of

(The Center Square) – The City of Kenmore declined to build a supportive housing building that would consist of 100 residential units, despite securing over $30M in funding for the