OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Legislature’s website has received a refresh ahead of the 2025 session. The Legislative Service Center (LEG-TECH) built the new website to make the interface more ...

A late-breaking bill to create a new tax that would impact Tesla is speeding its way through the Washington state Legislature. Supporters say the measure would help close the state’s revenue shortfall ...

The Legislative Building in Olympia, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. The debate over private listings and pre-marketing in Washington state ...

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The Washington State Legislature hit its first “do-or-die” deadline for policy bills on Friday. That means bills that don’t significantly impact the budget — those focused more on setting public ...

Washington state has more than a few unique state symbols, including an official Washington dance (the square dance) and tartan. To become an official state symbol, residents ask the Washington State ...

State lawmakers will head to Olympia later this month to kick off Washington’s 2025 legislative session. It’ll be 105 days of lawmaking and budget writing. A host of issues will likely come up in the ...

Depending on who you ask, this year’s short 60-day session of the Washington state Legislature was either history-making, troubling, or both. Lawmakers passed a bill to tax incomes over a million ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — In a race against the clock, both chambers of the Washington state legislature approved a $77 billion budget just hours before the legislative session ended. The budget, which aims to ...

On Friday, a state House Committee will first hear a bill that could make December 12 "Day of the 12s" in honor of Seahawks fans, who are known as the 12s. This past season, the Seahawks celebrated ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Legislature has approved a significant $15.2 billion transportation budget for the 2025–27 period, marking a major step in enhancing the state's infrastructure ...

As amazing as it is to say, there are actually other elections going on besides the presidential contest, and a lot of them at the local level will have more immediate ramifications for communities.