April 25 at the state capitol in Olympia, Wa. Steve Bloom The Olympian Sunday marked the final day of Washington state’s 2025 legislative session, an occasion known as Sine Die. Much has ...

Inside the Washington state Capitol in Olympia, speculation about a potential special session is starting to swell. Sine Die, when the Legislature adjourns its 2025 regular 105-day session ...

Turbulent 105-day session included heated policy battles, budget struggles, tax debates and major leadership changes ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — There's a battle brewing at the State Capitol over spiking rent prices with just over nine days left in Washington's legislative session. Advocates and renters rallied on Friday ...

When Washington’s 147 legislators kicked off the 2025 session three months ago, solving the problem of an ever-growing shortfall in the state’s next operating budget topped their to-do list.

Four years ago, one analysis found one in five lobbyists in Olympia used to work in state government. RELATED: In Washington, the revolving door between government service and lobbying is well ...

Like watching the winter snow slowly melt off of the peaks of Mt. Rainier in the spring sun, legislators continue their work to adopt a budget, even if the progress is hard to discern with the naked ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State House of Representatives read out a resolution on Wednesday morning, honoring the life and activism of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi - a recent University of ...

Steve Bloom The Olympian Sunday marked the final day of Washington state’s 2025 ... April 25 at the state capitol in Olympia. Steve Bloom The Olympian Some of the biggest fights of the 2025 ...