Democrats in the Washington State Senate resurrected a wealth tax on Friday, with the Ways & Means Committee giving a scaled-back version of the legislation a ...

House Speaker Laurie Jinkins told reporters Thursday that Washington lawmakers may pass a wealth tax after all.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson balked at Democratic lawmakers’ latest tax package on Thursday, calling it “too risky” given the ...

Robert Allen ‘Bob’ McIntire, an attorney and history buff who restored a Gettysburg farm, died April 3. He was 77.

Gov. Bob Ferguson said Thursday that he is not ready to support a slate of proposals from Democratic lawmakers to raise ...

The Washington governor had previously said he wouldn’t sign off on either of the chambers’ initial budget proposals.

Gov. Bob Ferguson criticized the latest tax proposal from legislative Democrats but offered no detailed alternatives in a ...

Washington's $12 billion tax proposal faces backlash as Ferguson voices concerns and highlights potential impacts on ...

FEMA told Washington that disaster relief funding is "not warranted" as the state continues recovery efforts in the wake of a bomb cyclone.

Now, weeks after Gov. Bob Ferguson put the kibosh on their wealth-tax dreams, Democrats have unveiled an updated revenue pitch. Some call the majority party’s plans a step in the right direction.

It cobbles together a range of hikes, including on businesses, capital gains, and property. A question now is whether Gov.

The residents of Washington did not create the state’s current budget issues, and our lives should not be put at risk as our state’s politicians dig out of this massive hole created in Olympia.