Washington’s House Education Committee heard public testimony Thursday on a bill that would allow a simple majority of voters to pass school district bonds. As...Read More

U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler released the following statement in response to the president’s intent to declare a national emergency to fund border security....Read More

Below is a press statement, provided by the Office of Washington Governor Jay Inslee, regarding President Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency (read coverage...Read More

Senator Saldaña and her colleagues want to demand that the ports of Washington State never use advanced technology to load and unload cargo. Ports are...Read More

Having passed off the Senate floor, SB 5258 now heads to the House for further consideration....Read More

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued an open letter Tuesday to law enforcement regarding I-1639, the comprehensive gun safety initiative that voters approved in 2018....Read More

An affordable housing shortage and rise of homelessness in Washington are well-known priorities on both sides of the aisle this session — both parties have...Read More

Sara Gentzler here, the Wire’s Olympia-based reporter. You might recognize me from the Capitol campus, I’m set up with my laptop in Pritchard or the cafe in the dome most days....Read More

“I now urge the Legislature to pass promptly a legislative redistricting bill which will obey the mandates of the state and federal constitutions, provide equitable...Read More

During our interview with Slade Gorton, and in his biography by John C. Hughes, Gorton said that one of his goals in the 1965 redistricting...Read More