Superintendent Chris Reykdal proposed a plan at a press conference Thursday to address budget gaps, focusing on education ...

The demonstrations come as lawmakers grapple with a more than $2 billion budget shortfall.

We are disheartened, but we’re not ready to give up yet,” said Genevieve Stokes with Child Care Aware of Washington.

With a veteran Washington state lawmaker out due to illness, House Democrats are reworking leadership of a key budget committee.

When Jack Kashork was a Ferris High School student, he said he “looked all over the country” trying to decide where to go to college.

Before reflexively rejecting Gov. Bob Ferguson’s proposals for a supplemental state budget, Democrats in Olympia should pull out their calculators.

Washington lawmakers began the 2026 legislative session facing a $2.3 billion budget shortfall in a proposed $79 billion two-year plan. Gov. Bob Ferguson’s budget includes spending cuts, use of the ...

Budget talks dominated the 2025 legislative session. Now, amid another looming shortfall, tax debates and federal funding cuts, the same will likely be the case for the upcoming 60-day session ...

Budget talks dominated the 2025 legislative session. Now, amid another looming shortfall, tax debates and federal funding cuts, the same will likely be the case for the upcoming 60-day session ...