A new requirement that Gov. Bob Ferguson's office approve most state agency press releases and media responses is delaying information from reaching the public, drawing repeated concerns from ...

Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson recently signed bills that will affect labor and employment law in areas such as reductions in force, pregnancy accommodations, noncompete agreements, ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (KPTV) - While Oregonians are no strangers to income tax, the debate is heating up further north. Washington state lawmakers are considering a controversial plan to tax millionaires.

Gov. Bob Ferguson conceded this week to violating state ethics law, accepting a $4,000 fine for letting his former chief ...

On March 17, 2026, Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson signed legislation (Engrossed Senate Bill (ESB) 6106) that amends the state’s analogue of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson is expected to sign a bill on Monday giving businesses the option to stop using pennies. The U.S. stopped making pennies last year, citing the 3 ...

Senate Bill 6346 sponsored by Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, and the House companion bill sponsored by Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, D-Seattle, is now law. It institutes a 9.9% income tax on annual household ...

Budget writers in the Washington Legislature on Monday declared their intent to eventually buy more hybrid electric ferries to modernize the state ferry fleet. But newly unveiled House and Senate ...

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