A competing bill by state Sen. Jeff Holy, a Cheney Republican, would also create a $100 million law-enforcement-focused state ...

Barack Obama clung to leadership of the Democratic Party after leaving the presidency, but Democrats may move on.

Legislation by Pasco Representative Stephanie Barnard to upgrade Washington's electric grid has been unanimously approved by ...

With the session more than halfway over, Wednesday marked the day most bills needed to pass out of their chamber of origin in ...

President Donald Trump continued to belittle Canada and threaten it with joining the United States as the economic war with the country continued.

Aberdeen, said the bill violates provisions of the state constitution that protect a person’s right to due process, privacy ...

Midterm elections tend to be unkind to the party in power. The sitting president’s party has lost House seats in every midterm but two dating back to 1950. The last time Donald Trump was president, ...

Lawmakers in the Washington Legislature spent the past week and a half passing bills off the House and Senate floors ahead of a Wednesday deadline. Measures that didn’t make it through their chamber ...

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was the latest to reveal she would not seek reelection on the heels of similar announcements from Sens. Gary Peters and Tina Smith.

Democrats will have a third seat being vacated by an incumbent lawmaker in the 2026 midterms with the party trying to retake ...

New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s decision to not seek reelection marks the latest bit of tough luck for Senate ...

Ferguson’s proposal, which includes about $4 billion in savings, combined with former Gov. Jay Inslee’s $3 billion in ...