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UPDATE 4/30/25:Second Substitute House Bill 1154 is headed to Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson’s desk. The bill was delivered to the governor on April…

(Runtime 1:02)More wind and solar projects need to be built to meet Washington’s carbon-free energy goals. A new state bill could give local residents and…

After a rural library district was at risk of being dissolved last year, Washington lawmakers are debating how that process could be improved – and not…

(Runtime 1:07) Some ranchers are saying it is time to find creative ways to deal with wolf attacks on livestock. That’s what a new bill in the Washington…

(Runtime 1:07)Fast fashion adds thousands of new styles daily into the market. While that might be a shopaholic’s dream, it’s a nightmare for some…

Starting in mid-2022, people in Washington will be able to dial 988 instead of 911 to access different types of services in a mental health crisis.

In Washington, the working partnership between police and crisis mental health workers is being put to the test. The reason is a new police use of force law.

Calling it a "moral mandate,” Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed into law a dozen bills that backers hope will improve policing in Washington, reduce the use of deadly force and ensure that when deadly encounters do occur the investigations are thorough and independent.

In the middle of this year’s legislative session, the Washington Supreme Court dropped its Blake decision, declaring the law criminalizing drug possession in the state to be unconstitutional. What followed was a sprint by lawmakers to answer the justices’ enormous ruling — a balancing act between conservatives eager to make drug possession a felony again and progressives who wanted to make decriminalization permanent.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed into law a new tax on capital gains aimed at the state’s wealthiest residents. But the future of the tax is uncertain.