WA Government

Top aides in Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office debated plans earlier this year to send 200 National Guard troops to the Canadian border to assist with the Trump administration’s attempts to stop drug trafficking.

For years, prosecutors have filed more prison riot charges against young people incarcerated at a state-run juvenile detention center in Chehalis than any other facility in Washington.

SEATTLE – Lawmakers spent weeks engaged in fierce debate over how to best balance student privacy and parental rights after Democrats sought changes to a 2024 Republican-backed initiative commonly known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights.

The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday attempting to stop habitual speeders in their tracks.

Apr. 16—OLYMPIA — Washington State House Bill 1163 passed the Senate with a vote of 29 to 19 Monday following its earlier passage in the house. The bill seeks to implement stricter regulations surrounding the purchase, transfer and possession of firearms by requiring a permit to purchase them. House Bill 1163 introduces a range of new requirements, including the mandate that individuals ...

Apr. 16—OLYMPIA — Democratic lawmakers are back from the drawing board with a new plan to raise taxes after heeding Gov. Bob Ferguson's warning that he would not sign a budget that relies on a broad, untested wealth tax. A new tax on the state's wealthiest residents was a key part of House and Senate lawmakers' plan to shore up part of a $16 billion shortfall in the budget over the next four ...

The room looked undisturbed. A gold watch, pill bottles, a backpack and a toothbrush had all been left behind, tidily arranged in the small Tukwila apartment. The man’s clothes had been neatly put away. Only a missing pair of shoes, a gray T-shirt and a state-issued cellphone indicated that Damion Blevins was gone.

Washington state House lawmakers this week advanced a bill that would close Rainier School and Yakima Valley School, two state-run residential habilitation centers (RHCs) for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. The proposal has been controversial. Opponents of the idea argue that legislators are turning their backs on the most vulnerable Washingtonians. Supporters, ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a five-year review of the cleanup at the Hamilton/Labree Roads Groundwater Contamination Superfund site near Chehalis.