Washington state is currently forecast to run out of money by 2027 and experience a fiscal deficit by 2028 despite the largest tax increase in state history this session, in addition to record … ...

Please join us for a celebration of life for Donald Leo Kiive on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025 at 2 p.m., at “The Farm,” 34610 NE ...

The nation’s largest nurses’ union is blasting Kaiser Permanente for pausing gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 starting next month, due to pending litigation and pressure from the Trump ...

Republican legislators have rightfully focused on how majority Democrats just approved the largest tax package in Washington history, which will raise state and local taxes by a combined $12.2 billion ...

Ridgefield youth Demesei takes part in a bow-and-arrow game provided by Bounce N Battle during La Center’s Our Days Steamboat Celebration. The activity, part of the kids’ zone on Saturday, July 26, ...

Washington’s most vulnerable Democrat in the U.S. House had a strong fundraising quarter in anticipation of a tough 2026 reelection. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania County, who is ...

Last month, the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council reported that Washington faced running out of money by 2027. With the passage of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the state now ...

Washington congressman riffs on national security in the Trump era In an interview with the Standard, U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, likened the president’s ...

Despite presidential authority, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., called on Republicans on Wednesday to block the Trump administration’s tariffs and return to free trade. Murray issued the call to ...

The Olympia City Council will vote Tuesday night on whether to adopt a Workers’ Bill of Rights that would raise the minimum wage in Olympia to $20 per hour, or send the proposal to voters this ...

Californians are trading wildfires and income tax for rain and $154,000 tech salaries, according to a new report. StorageCafe’s report found that approximately 140 Californians move to … ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Friday it’ll soon release billions in Education Department funding that has been frozen for weeks, delaying disbursements to K-12 schools throughout the ...