WA Government

About $44 million in state funding will be allocated to a section of the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Project as part of the Washington Senate's capital budget. The budget was approved Sunday.

Republican lawmakers walked out of a committee meeting in the Washington Legislature on Wednesday to protest approval of a bill that would close a residential center for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Lawmakers in the Washington House and Senate have struck an agreement to provide up to six weeks of unemployment insurance for striking workers.

SEATTLE – Juvenile rehabilitation leaders were banking on changes to state law to relieve an overcrowded and chaotic system that’s left youth and staff to fend for themselves.

Washington is one step closer to eliminating a major blind spot for potential contaminants in crops grown across the state using human waste as fertilizer.

Apr. 23—OLYMPIA — Gov. Bob Ferguson signed 35 bills into law Monday, including three pieces of legislation sponsored by Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake. Dent's bills include topics such as large animal veterinarian care, the pesticide task force and allowing small regional airports to use real estate excise tax funds. "I feel good about what I've been able to accomplish," Dent said. "I've been ...