“Words matter.” That’s the simple statement NAACP president Phillip Tyler wanted to convey at a Tuesday morning gathering of elected officials and community leaders.
Other states could be joining Washington on pot legalization.
How common is voter fraud? Folks who are good with numbers figure it out.
Because this is the seat of state government, it is also a magnet for people eager to exercise their right to peaceably assemble to petition for redress of grievances, even in the summer when lawmakers are nowhere to be found and the bureaucracy is less populated than normal.
State workers rally for higher wages and better benefits in the Capitol Rotunda as GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bill Bryant watches and chats with union members.
Members of state employees unions have a noon rally at the state Capitol Campus Wednesday.
Bryant, Inslee campaigns spar over debates.
Agencies wrestle with computer problems.
Is it Indigenous Peoples Day or Native American Heritage Day?
Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Everett.
Donald Trump will campaign in Everett after raising money in the Seattle area on Tuesday, the Everett Herald is reporting.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers veered from Gov. Jay Inslee's comments about the relationship between climate change and wildfires.
Hillary Clinton has about as much chance of winning Idaho as Donald Trump has of winning Washington, the political site FiveThirtyEight says.
Final results from Spokane County for the 2016 state primary shows where the vote totals were highest.
A bullet dodged with the open mic.
The last person to tell you who won a political debate is the moderator.
Study says the most common residence for Americans aged 18-35 is with their parents.
Bill Bryant's gubernatorial campaign has superimposed Gov. Jay Inslee in a strange place.
Three of six ballot initiatives in the November election would fail if voting were held today, a new poll suggests.
Governor, secretary of state debates come to Spokane Wednesday.
The latest version of The Elway Poll has Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump in Washington and Jay Inslee beating Bill Bryant. It also says supporting Trump can be a big negative with state voters. Meanwhile, Bryant says he won't vote for Trump.
State law allows candidates to prefer whatever party they want. They can even make one up on a whim and have it listed on the ballot. But just because a person can do something, as my father used to say, doesn't mean he ought to....
State GOP files complaint over Inslee campaign ad that features Donald Trump.
DEA rejects Washington request to reclassify marijuana for medical uses.
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