On the last day of the 2025 legislative session — and following months of intense debate — Washington state lawmakers passed a final operating budget. Legislators’ work may be done for the time being, ...

Will Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson sign or veto a pile of tax bills and a state budget dependent on them? It’s anyone’s guess.

Words that mean a lot there but nowhere else. One of those is reconciliation. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major ...

During a visit to the Lewiston Tribune on Thursday, Sen. Schoesler said he’d give the overall session a “D” grade. On the ...

Melton said they will need a finalized state budget to get a clear picture ... chief financial officer for the Washington ...

Washington state’s budget package, the nearly $78 billion operating budget itself and five revenue bills that raise taxes by ...

Timm Ormsby and Senator June Robinson had to contend with considerable headwinds when assembling the 2025-2027 budget. (Senate Democrats) On April 27, a hectic state legislative session drew to an end ...

President Donald Trump’s proposed spending cuts to Medicaid could cost Washington state an estimated $700 million annually.

Members of Washington County’s Budget Committee say spending cuts will take priority in erasing a $7.7 million deficit in the ...

Members of Washington County’s Budget Committee say spending cuts will take priority in erasing a $7.7 million deficit in the ...

Washington state lawmakers have cut in half funding for wildfire prevention to help plug a $16 billion budget hole.