While the start of a new year brings eternal optimism, it also means that the state’s lawmakers will soon return to Olympia to address the concerns of Washington residents. In Washington, …

After retirements of longtime legislators, a few redistricting switch-ups, and some departures for higher office, there will be 29 new faces.

Washington’s state government is in for much change this election season due to officeholders leaving and pursuing new political posts.

sometimes we measure our success not in what everybody sees, but in what they don’t see

Today’s the day the big budget compromises get rolled out in the Legislature.

The larger proposed change is House Bill 1727, which would get rid of most elections in odd-numbered years.

Washington ranchers told legislators Thursday they were betrayed and blindsided by the Department of Ecology's plan to require livestock owners to have a water right to draw stockwater from creeks and rivers.