OLYMPIA — Secretary of State Steve Hobbs responded to the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Sep. 8 request for all fields of Washington’s voter registration list by directing his office to provide only the publicly disclosable information […]
OLYMPIA – County unemployment rates and employment data for August 2025 are now available on the Employment Security Department website. Visit the labor force page to view historic and current data on the unemployment rate. To learn more about monthly job […]
OLYMPIA…The latest quarterly state revenue forecast adopted shows the state’s operating budget is headed into negative territory despite this year’s passage of a state-record $12.2 billion, four-year package of tax increases. The third-quarter predictions from […]
by Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State StandardSeptember 22, 2025 Gov. Bob Ferguson has launched a campaign to increase the number of students who complete free applications for federal student aid to attend college and other education […]
by Mia Maldonado and Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardSeptember 22, 2025 The torturously slow pace and increasingly expensive price to replace the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River have some Oregon and Washington lawmakers […]
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