Bob Ferguson

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.

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.

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.