Dozens of members with the Washington Federation of State Employees gathered at the Tivoli Fountain on the Capitol campus in ...

Ferguson, a Democrat, told reporters at a news event in the Governor’s Conference Room that in his view, both chambers’ plans ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has let House and Senate lawmakers know some of the concerns he has with the spending plans they ...

Governor Bob Ferguson opposes tax-heavy budgets from the Senate and House, prioritizing fiscal responsibility for Washington ...

Hundreds of Washington state workers descended on the Capitol on Wednesday, staging a sit-in outside the governor’s office ...

Gov. Ferguson said he would veto any spending package with a wealth tax, but may have opened the door for other tax proposals ...

The Washington Senate unanimously passed a capital budget proposal for 2025-27, totaling $7.3 billion. The Senate approved ...

Escalating tensions around cuts for Washington’s budget and potential furloughs boiled over Wednesday afternoon as hundreds ...

Majority Democrats in both chambers of the Washington State Legislature strongly hinted that a “wealth tax” proposal is dead ...

The governor, however, said he’d be “open to a conversation” about testing a small wealth tax in Washington to see if it can ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson is taking fire from unions representing state workers, who accuse him of betrayal over a furlough proposal ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson will not sign either the House or Senate budget proposals, citing concerns over untested wealth tax and ...