Budget shortfall and $ave Washington Budget—Senate Republican Leader John Braun explains how the state’s budget shortfall is closer to $6.6 billion—not $15 billion—because of spending choices, not existing services. He outlines a balanced plan with […]
by Jake Goldstein-Street and Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State StandardMarch 13, 2025 Lawmakers in the Washington Legislature spent the past week and a half passing bills off the House and Senate floors ahead of a […]
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardMarch 13, 2025 A washout has closed the only access road to the Olympic National Park’s popular Hoh Rain Forest since December. But on Thursday, Gov. Bob Ferguson announced the […]
In the lengthiest debate of the 2025 session spilling into the early morning hours, House Republicans in Olympia vigorously fought against a Democrat bill to gut the Parents’ Bill of Rights. The bill passed anyway. […]
OLYMPIA – The Employment Security Department will cohost three no-cost webinars in March, April and May for federal workers who work and live in Washington state. The first webinar is March 20 from 10 a.m. to noon. See […]
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