The move comes after North Seattle residents built makeshift barricades last month to prevent shootings in their neighborhoods.

Rep. Tarra Simmons (D-Bremerton) is facing ethics charges. The accusations culminated in a rare two-day public hearing before the state’s Legislative Ethics Board this week.

Starting June 11, House Bill 2105 will require employers to give workers at least five business days’ notice that any federal agency is auditing their I-9 forms or any other worker records.

Since December, renters in six apartment buildings in Tacoma have voted to form unions in an effort to negotiate better leases with their landlords.

Officials are boosting training for employees at the airport and shipping terminals, as well as at local hospitality businesses, to recognize and report cases of human trafficking.

The case comes in the wake of a national ruling on redistricting and raises questions about whether primary elections would happen on time in Washington.

Gov. Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, appointed Theo Angelis to the seat of outgoing Justice Barbara Madsen. Angelis will have to run for election in November to keep his seat.

A report from Seattle’s police watchdog found that officers made several key errors when responding to people protesting an evangelical rally at Cal Anderson park last year.

Brian Heywood's lawsuit challenged the law's inclusion of a clause that deems it “necessary to the functioning of government” and blocks it from being recalled via referendum.

A Thurston County Superior Court judge on Wednesday paused a new law that would have put more requirements on candidates running for county sheriff in Washington.