Bob Ferguson

Let’s Go Washington has been lobbying support for the income tax repeal effort, collecting far more than the 300,000 signatures required to put an initiative to voters.

State officials are projecting a budget shortfall of nearly $500 million in the next year, as the governor signals an unwillingness to create new taxes to close that gap.

A nonprofit land developer recently unveiled almost 20 condos it will sell below market rate. State leaders say the model is promising and should be replicated elsewhere.

In Washington, many individual public schools have cellphone policies, but there is no broad ban coming from the state. Some educators have been pushing for one.

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.

About 600,000 women are currently navigating peri-menopause, menopause, or post-menopause in the workforce, according to the Washington State Women’s Commission.

The confirmed death toll climbed to two people Wednesday, with nine others presumed dead, after a tank of corrosive chemicals ruptured.

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.

Severe storms in December flooded farmland across Western Washington. In Snohomish County, farmers are continuing their recovery efforts ahead of this year’s growing season.

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