Lobbyists and others in the Washington state Capitol in Olympia, Wash., on April 23, 2025. There were nearly 1,000 lobbyists in Washington state last year.

Flags are always lowered in Washington state following the deaths of a principal federal or state government official, a member of the state’s armed forces while serving on active duty, or a ...

News; Higher education; The government is terminating some Washington State University students’ records that allow them to reside in the U.S. legally, school says ...

If you notice flags at half-staff across Washington state this weekend, it’s not for Armed Forces Day on May 17.. They’ll stay lowered through the weekend, raising on Sunday night or Monday ...

More than a dozen state legislatures are considering bills that would ban the display of most flags in government buildings, including Pride flags — a push that civil rights groups say unfairly ...

Flags are always lowered in Washington state following the deaths of a principal federal or state government official, a member of the state’s armed forces while serving on active duty, or a ...

Nearly 5,300 state government and community college employees in Washington won’t be getting a 3% pay raise in July when most other state workers will.

In a race against the clock, both chambers of the Washington state legislature approved a $77 billion budget just hours before the legislative session ended.

The Washington State Medical Association is lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against the federal government against removal of public health data earlier this year from websites.

The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Jim Walsh (R-Aberdeen), was introduced because, according to the legislation, “most of the state’s government enforcement decisions and discretionary ...

Flags are always lowered in Washington state following the deaths of a principal federal or state government official, a member of the state’s armed forces while serving on active duty, or a ...

Washington state and United States flags set to half-staff across the state this weekend in memory of State Senator Bill Ramos, who died in April 2025.