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Efforts to hammer out “agritourism” rules in the county stretch back several years, and debate has been heated. Skagit County residents have until April 15 to weigh in.

The Department of Housing Task Force will use feedback from the survey to help shape a report to the governor and Legislature.

The 9.9% tax on incomes over $1 million starts in 2029, funding child care subsidies, tax breaks for low-income families and sales tax breaks, and supporting the general fund.

Lawmakers took this year to close polluter loopholes in the state’s climate laws and advance a major bill to upgrade and expand the electrical grid.

This year has already been one of the state’s warmest on record. Forecasters predict heat and drought will continue.

Demonstrations are planned in Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, Eugene and several other locations across the region.

Sound Transit trains will take passengers across Lake Washington starting Saturday. It’s the world’s first light rail train to cross a floating bridge, according to the agency.

Even as lawmakers cut funding for other early education and childcare programs, they expanded the state’s free preschool program during the recent legislative session.

Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs has raised concerns about how the SAVE Act would change voting if it becomes law. It likely won’t pass the U.S. Senate.

The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network said calls to its hotline came from across the state in 2025. In past years, those calls came mainly from specific counties.

Despite the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Chinook Indian Nation vows to continue the over a century-long fight and is looking to Congress for the next steps.

Seattle-based Brooks Running has inked a new sponsorship deal including the "Rally Shoe Cam," and is now the official running shoe sponsor of the between-innings Salmon Run.