The mailing of vehicle renewal tabs for the month of July has been delayed by a "change in system programming," according to the Washington Department of Licensing. The Spokane County Auditor's Office has asked for law enforcement to exercise leniency for drivers over the next several weeks. 

Three candidates will take on Republican incumbent Secretary of State Kim Wyman in the Aug. 4 primary, and as COVID-19 forces the country to rethink voting systems, election reform is on candidates’ minds.

With the virus spreading in regions throughout Washington state, the governor asked residents to wear masks in order to continue reopening parts of the state's economy.

For the second election cycle in a row, the race for Washington’s lieutenant governor post has drawn a large and diverse field of candidates for a job that straddles the executive and legislative branches of state government.

Washington State University will begin analyzing samples for COVID-19, as case counts continue to climb in Eastern Washington and the demand for more testing capacity does as well.

WASHINGTON – A new bill from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers would speed up the licensing process for hydroelectric dams and let a federal agency waive licensing requirements for small projects, as the Republican from Washington’s 5th district continues her efforts to make hydropower a bigger part of the nation’s evolving energy grid.

Two Democrats will challenge incumbent state Rep. Jenny Graham in the upcoming primary election.

Washington university administrators, Gov. Jay Inslee and bipartisan members of the state’s congressional delegation on Tuesday denounced new visa restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration.

In 2016, four Washington state representatives to the Electoral College refused to vote for the state's winner, Hillary Clinton. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the state was on solid footing when it fined those "faithless electors."

The two candidates running against longtime state Senator Mike Padden say the Republican is too beholden to the party and has made questionable votes on growth management and environmental issues. Padden says his right-of-center views reflect his constituency. 

In a long-running lawsuit, a woman accuses police and deputies in Ferry County of failing to properly investigate when she reported a pattern of rape and molestation spanning 12 years of her childhood.

For the first time since 2010, there will be a competitive Democratic primary for the chance to face Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who's been in Congress since 2005. Voters will have the option of a former independent who's calling for a return to centrist politics, and a 28-year-old first-time candidate who's setting his sights on supporters across the political spectrum. 

OLYMPIA – If the Washington Legislature is forced into a special session to deal with the economic collapse sparked by COVID-19, some lawmakers are working to make sure they also debate police reform in the aftermath of nationwide protests following by the death of George Floyd.

Washington’s Aug. 4 primary will see a crowded race for the 4th congressional district, with three-term Republican incumbent Rep. Dan Newhouse facing five challengers for his seat representing Central Washington.

On July Fourth, Spin Control gives its readers a chance to to prove they are Yankee Doodlest of dandies with its annual Independence Day Trivia Quiz. Some are things everyone who bleeds red, white and blue should know, and a few things are, well, trivia. 

Washington state had flattened the curve, but with reopening counties came more cases, and now the state is at similar case count levels as it was in April.

The difference four years makes in Washington elections is probably most obvious in the state attorney general’s race.

OLYMPIA – A ballot measure that reduced most vehicle taxes and fees should be thrown out as misleading because the $30 tabs it promotes won’t exist and it’s guilty of “logrolling” by including more than one topic, attorneys for local governments opposing the proposal told the state Supreme Court Tuesday.