OLYMPIA, Wash. - Democrats in the House and Senate unveiled their supplemental budget proposals, outlining adjustments to the two-year budget passed last year which covers 2025 – 2027. Lawmakers are ...

OLYMPIA — Washington state lawmakers are moving to tap about $3 billion of surplus funds from a police and firefighter pension account to help plug the multibillion-dollar budget deficit, a tactic ...

Meanwhile, the proposal includes funding to look at whether the state should consider leasing hydrogen-powered ferries rather than electrifying Washington’s entire fleet. “Our nonpartisan Senate ...

Retired police officers and firefighters in Washington, including former Congressman Dave Reichert, sued the state Thursday to block an attempt to raid their pension fund to help with ongoing budget ...