Washington voters will cast ballots in races for president, governor, US Senate and the state’s 10 US House seats. In the open gubernatorial race, Democrat Bob Ferguson, the state attorney general, is ...

Keeping people in Washington’s prisons has gotten more expensive in recent years. The state is one of several where costs per prisoner have climbed as overall prison populations decline. Washington ...

Voters in Washington State have decided to keep the state’s first-in-the-nation public long term care insurance program. On Tuesday, they easily rejected a ballot initiative that would have killed the ...

Violent crime numbers in Washington have soared upwards despite a nationwide decline in crime, according to an FBI national crime data report — but the new data doesn’t show the full picture. The ...

Washington state is home to one of the top research universities in the world, according to a newly updated report from U.S. News & World Report. The University of Washington ranked eighth in U.S.

Follow-up: Wealth tax proposal in Washington state reignites debate over taxes and tech talent migration A wealth tax is back on the table in Washington state. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee released his ...

The Washington state Supreme Court ruled that a statewide tax on capital gains is lawful. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The legality of a capital gains tax was upheld by the Washington state ...

AT 3:30 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, the residents of Sumas, Washington — in the Nooksack River floodplain on the state’s northwest border — learned of the rising floodwaters. The city’s flood alarm ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...