Gov. Bob Ferguson suggested cutting 6% of the state’s budget to offset shortfalls, but lawmakers on both sides said fire suppression funds should not be touched ...

In addition to Dye’s bill, Sen. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick, has filed Senate Bill 5015 to limit the governor’s authority by ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has ordered flags to be raised on Monday for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, despite the 30-day mourning period for Jimmy Carter's death.

Even before being sworn into office, Gov. Bob Ferguson managed to raise some hackles on both sides of the political aisle.

Sunny Jay went out the way he came in: mostly sunny. Though with some scattered shade. “I wish I lived in Jay Inslee’s version of Washington, full of puppies and rainbows,” quipped Republican state ...

Bob Ferguson says he’ll help a Tri-City lawmaker’s bill reach his desk, paving the way for a new program that would help Washington’s police and firefighters buy their first homes. Washington’s new ...

One day after the president-elect’s surprise announcement, many fans who had travelled to see him being sworn in were left ...

Bob Ferguson is officially the governor of. Ferguson, a Democrat, took the oath of office on Wednesday in front of family, friends and lawmakers in a crowded House of Representatives chamber. The ...

The state boosted spending to comply with a ruling in the landmark McCleary case, but the public schools chief says it hasn’t ...