Legislation to eliminate a Washington state tax break for large mortgage lenders and use the revenue to partially backfill wildfire prevention programs is making progress in Olympia. House … ...

The Washington state House has passed a bill that terminates the Law Enforcement Officers’ and Firefighters’ Retirement System Plan 1, creates a new plan, and transfers $4.5 billion out of that ...

Senate Democrats advanced a bill Friday that would create a trigger allowing the state to step in on private-sector labor disputes if the federal agency responsible loses jurisdiction, or if the … ...

The Oregon Senate voted 26-1 Friday to pass a bill aiming to close a loophole allowing Oregon youth to purchase nicotine pouch products. Senate Bill 1571 , sponsored by Sen. Lisa Reynolds, … ...

Ongoing legal fights over President Donald Trump’s attempt to send hundreds of Oregon, California and Texas National Guard troops to Portland last fall over the objections of residents and state … ...

Washington state Senate lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday afternoon that would increase tuition scholarships for students attending private colleges. Senate Bill 5828, sponsored by Sen. T’wina Nobles ...

A bill that would have made it easier for Washington’s farmworkers to form a union will not become law this year. Tuesday, Feb. 17, was the cutoff for bills to be voted out of the chamber — … ...

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, last week shared a video from the Vista Del Rio Mobile Home Community in Vancouver that outlines her legislation to help bring down energy costs for ...

House Democrats passed a bill on Thursday that would expand the Washington Voting Rights Act to require the attorney general’s approval before adjusting local election boundaries. The 57-39 … ...

It didn’t take long for majority Democrats in our state Legislature to jump off the affordability bandwagon. Just five days before this year’s session convened, my counterpart on the … ...

Protesters hold signs across the street from Mark Morris High School Tuesday, Feb. 10. They criticized what they described as a lack of response from the school after several students were accused of ...

Washington state moved one step closer Monday to creating a personal income tax two years after the Legislature said it wouldn’t. Majority Democrats in the Senate advanced legislation on a … ...