political ads

Political ads playing during local broadcasts, including during the NCAA tournament, have targeted a Democrat-proposed tax in the Washington state legislature.

A bill advancing through the Washington state legislature would require mailers and TV ads — ones that tell you to call your lawmakers about legislation — to list their major donors on the ad.

A Washington state judge has fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million — the maximum allowed — for repeated, willful violations of campaign finance disclosure laws.

The Washington state Attorney General's Office says a judge has ruled that Facebook owner Meta repeatedly and intentionally violated Washington campaign-finance law, and must pay penalties. Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office said Friday that the penalties are to be determined and that the court also denied Meta’s effort to invalidate Washington’s law on political ad transparency.

The widening disparity that extends through Election Day worries Senate Republicans as they try to hold on to a fragile majority.