Throughout the 2025 legislative session, critics accused state leaders of trying to balance Washington's budget on the backs ...

Local officials announced trims, spending freezes and other fixes to blunt the effects of a billion-dollar budget cut that ...

Senate Republicans based their projection off Democrats’ state tax package, including legislation boosting business and ...

Discover Senator Murray's personal story on food assistance amid critical budget discussions in the U.S. Senate.

Discvover the contentious $77.9B operating budget and its impact on Washington's future, as Governor Bob Ferguson signed it ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s proposed budget would scale back public health insurance coverage for undocumented immigrants ...

Before Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the next state budget on Tuesday, he vetoed a few dozen spending provisions scattered throughout its 1,366 pages.

Inheriting a $16 billion budget shortfall was not the way I wanted to start as governor,” Bob Ferguson said Tuesday.

President Trump’s One Big Beautiful bill passed the House last week and it is on its way to the Senate. It includes tax cuts, spending adjustments and policy changes ...

With $9 billion in new taxes now part of the new state budget, people in Washington will be paying more for many essentials.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled her fiscal year 2026 budget proposal. It's a plan packed with ambitious ideas aimed not only at responding to current challenges, but also at ...