This isn't the year that hunting could become a constitutional right in Washington
Washington voters may some day be asked if they want to make hunting and fishing a constitutional right.
Washington voters may some day be asked if they want to make hunting and fishing a constitutional right.
President Trump’s new order limiting immigration should still be blocked by the injunction against his previous order, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said.
House approves changes to state’s Equal Pay Act to make it harder for an employer to pay a woman less than a man doing a similar job.
Marijuana stores in Washington could be banned from putting anything on a billboard that would appeal to children or young adults.
Eastern Washington family pushes Legislature to toughen laws against using a cell phone while driving.
Constitutional amendment against an income tax fails after opponents argue Legislature isn't likely to try one.
Senate, House seem to disagree on whether Seattle's proposed safe-injection sites are part of a plan to treat opioid addiction.
House comes up for a name for U.S. 395 that doesn't sit well with some Republicans.
Let's get some big foam hands with all five fingers out for Washington, because we're Number 5.
All ten of Washington's members of the House of Representatives signed a letter to the Department of Justice and FBI on Wednesday calling for the agencies to "tirelessly investigate" threats targeting Jewish community centers, schools and churches.
Lawmakers pass greater protections for dogs.
Washington moved a step closer to having driver’s licenses that meet federal standards, but not before the national debate over immigration policy flared on the Senate floor.
The three-term sheriff said Tuesday the decision to move was motivated by family, not politics.
In a bit of partisan theater, Senate Republicans vote yes on an estimated $30 billion in taxes that they really don’t support
Sometimes you need a translation to figure out who and where in legislation.
Washington school children may soon be belted in on school buses.
Spokane might get help keeping track of property criminals.
Felony for fourth DUI passes Senate after lawmakers get a few boozy gifts.
Sen. Mike Baumgartner has scheduled a town hall meeting for noon Saturday.
The Washington State Patrol and other state agencies will not help enforce federal immigration laws by routinely checking a person’s residency status, Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday.
The League of Conservation Voters gave U.S. Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers another failing grade for her votes on environmental issues in 2016, bringing the congresswoman's "lifetime score" down to 3 percent.
Washington could save millions on lawsuits like the claim for the slaying of a teenager in a North Spokane tattoo parlor if it would spend money on an outside office to oversee the Department of Corrections, a Senate committee was told Monday.
OLYMPIA – Legislative Republicans accused Gov. Jay Inslee of trying to scare people with the possible effects of repealing Obamacare. Inslee shot back that they should get fellow Republicans in Washington, D.C., to sign a pledge not to do anything to the law without a guarantee the replacement will be in place.
The congresswoman will hold a meeting Monday at 7 p.m. with those that RSVP through her website.
Rep. Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, and Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, are pretty far apart politically, but they managed to agree, albeit briefly, on the importance of a bill during a session of the House Judiciary Committee Thursday.
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