In one scenario posed by the district, it would have to make up to $28.6 million in school staff and program cuts unless it gets help from the Legislature.

On any given Wednesday afternoon, you can walk into the Hutchinson Senior Center and hear the clicking of ping pong balls in a friendly competitive match of table tennis coming from one of the ...

Their salaries are set every two years by the Washington Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials.

The clash between state Democrats and Republicans over proposed changes to Washington parental rights is getting national ...

Washington Democratic legislative leaders made it clear on Tuesday that they intend to "Trump-proof" the state from federal interference.

Democrats and Republicans in Washington traded verbal fireworks Tuesday over House Bill 1296, a measure about parental rights ...

Washington Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen and Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins issued a joint statement vowing to ...

Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, said funding isn’t the problem everywhere. He pointed to Seattle, where ...

A bill designed to give Washington state renters more protections from service and fee increases and ensure tenants aren’t ...

Washington parents and K-12 students marched to the state Capitol Thursday to urge legislators and the governor to fully fund ...

Lawmakers have begun another hard conversation on what it may cost the state to amply fund basic education in public schools as required by Washington’s constitution.

“We had a budget surplus of $14 billion. The economy's been strong since then. The state has 25% more money now than it did ...