WA Government

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a case that could upend long-standing precedent on who is guaranteed American citizenship under the Constitution.

Washington has filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration after federal agencies tied federal funding appropriations to the state’s willingness to cooperate with immigration enforcement.

SEATTLE – The Washington State Library and the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library in Seattle are facing layoffs and severe cuts to services after lawmakers declined to include a $6.7 million lifeline in the state budget this session.

Survivors of abuse by clergy members are defending a new Washington law against accusations from the U.S. Department of Justice that it is “anti-Catholic” and worthy of a federal investigation.

OLYMPIA – Some of the state’s most habitual speeders will soon be required to install speed-limiting devices in their car.

Washington has joined 14 other states in a challenge to President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national energy emergency, which has allowed the federal government to circumvent certain environmental protection reviews.

The Washington state Supreme Court has upheld a state law that bans the sale or transfer of gun ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.

Rent caps and other housing reforms are coming to Washington State after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a swath of historic legislation Wednesday meant to ease the state’s homelessness crisis.

Employees of a pair of small towns in central Washington misappropriated tens of thousands of dollars from taxpayers, according to reports by the Washington State Auditor’s Office.

Washington is leading a multi-state lawsuit against the Trump administration for terminating billions in funding for electric vehicle infrastructure, which stifled plans to expand the technology in Eastern Washington.

The Catholic bishops in Spokane and Seattle have told parishioners they will not fully comply with a new Washington law that requires clergy to report sexual abuse to police, similar to teachers, police officers and other professionals.

The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into a new Washington law that designates members of the clergy as mandatory reporters of child abuse.

Washington has joined 18 other states in an effort to stop the Trump administration from curtailing wind energy development.

A coalition of 19 states, including Washington, has challenged reductions in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans won control of the House, Senate and White House in 2024 on a campaign promise to conduct “mass deportations” unlike the United States has ever seen.

For more than three decades, journalism advocates worldwide have celebrated May 3 as World Press Freedom Day.

Faced with a budget crunch, Washington state lawmakers opted not to fund a program launched by country music legend Dolly Parton that provides free books once a month to children younger than 5.

The Phoenix Conservancy, a Pullman-based nonprofit organization that restores endangered ecosystems on the Palouse, the Great Plains and in Madagascar, stands to lose a $220,000 federal grant after the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency Service slashed $400 million in funding for AmeriCorps.