Turbulent 105-day session included heated policy battles, budget struggles, tax debates and major leadership changes ...

President and CEO of American Forests, the oldest forest conservation non-governmental organization in the U.S., Jad Daley, ...

President Trump's version of the Environmental Protection Agency has made deregulation of federal environmental rules its key ...

The new governor should take his time in reviewing a budget that includes tax increases that will raise the cost of living in ...

Governor Ferguson has commented that he will have a difficult time backing a budget plan that involves the level of taxes ...

The deal, awaiting Gov. Ferguson’s signature, includes $4.3B in new taxes on businesses, financial assets and technology, and boosts K-12 funding.

In the session's final days, the Democratic majority settled on a deal for new rent caps, approved a gun permit requirement, ...

After Republicans and Democrats spent three and a half months hashing out policy differences in the state capital, debates that have frequently lasted into the early hours of the morning, it was ...

Washington became the first state to adopt the Uniform Premerger Notification Act (Act) when Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed ...

Citing a recent horrific crime in King County, State Senator Phil Fortunato, R-Auburn, wants to end Washington’s sanctuary ...