Washington

George F. Russell Jr., who shaped a small, family-run investment business into a global force managing hundreds of billions of dollars in assets, died at his home near Tacoma last month. He was 93.

Asia Butler, 33, has been determined to provide stability for her five children by furthering her career. After finishing a dental assisting program last year, the Kent, Washington, resident decided to take the next step and complete her prerequisites for dental hygiene.

Jan. 2—OLYMPIA — It's no secret that housing prices are rising in Washington. How to address that — and who should address that — is the subject of some disagreement in Olympia. A bill introduced in the 2025 Washington Legislative Session, House Bill 1108, would have directed the nonpartisan Washington State Institute for Public Policy to determine the primary cost drivers for owning or ...

“Immigrants are welcome.” That three-word phrase is popping up on signs across downtown Bellingham and Whatcom County as part of a new program called “Signs of Solidarity.”

When newly minted law school graduate Carolyn Dimmick passed the state bar exam in 1953, a headline in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer crowed: Pretty Blonde Water Skier Qualifies as Attorney!"

Washington could join more than a dozen states that have regulations on fast-growing and controversial license-plate-reading surveillance cameras under a bill Sen. Yasmin Trudeau plans to propose.