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Congress has just one week left to approve the Trump administration’s request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved funding for public media and foreign aid, setting up yet another tight deadline for lawmakers.

At the Yakima Convention Center on Wednesday more than 200 people gathered for a town hall hosted by the Washington State Democrats. Some people passed out flyers with Representative Dan Newhouse’s phone number,urging people to demand a town hall from the congressman. Organizers say the event was held in response to Newhouse not hosting a public town hall this term.

By: Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News NetworkPeople running for office in Washington will begin submitting official paperwork next week to get on the ballot…

By: Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News NetworkWashington's 60-day legislative session has ended. Spirits were high in Olympia Thursday as lawmakers adjourned…

By: Jeanie Lindsay / NW News Network A majority of lawmakers in the Washington Legislature decided Monday to approve three voter initiatives, after weeks…

The Benton County Auditor is testing a new paid ballot observer program this year using members of partisan and nonpartisan organizations.

Chris Matthews, a self-described centrist, spent his lifetime in politics. A speechwriter during the Carter Administration in the '70s, Chris later went…

On the afternoon of March 1, 2018, the Washington House took up a controversial bill to privatize the state’s unionized homecare workforce — the roughly…

Dr. Anthony Fauci and other members of the coronavirus task force will testify before a GOP-led Senate committee next week but have been blocked from making similar appearances in the House so far.

Iowa Democratic Party officials said a new smartphone app designed to speed the results actually ended up delaying them. Last month, NPR reported on security and other concerns with the app.