Washington Department of Commerce

The LIHEAP program helped nearly 250,000 households in Washington state pay their energy bills last year.

A free-market think tank said the state is breaking its law, by not reporting its greenhouse gas emissions on schedule.

Washington’s Department of Commerce has a new plan for reducing homelessness in the state over the next five years.

Around 3,300 Washington residents have snapped up state-funded rebates to lease or purchase electric vehicles since the subsidies became available about two months ago.

Washington is among the states the Biden administration selected for a new program meant to expand innovative industries into new regions.

Oregon and Washington scored big Friday in a fiercely contested national competition to grab a share of $7 billion to kickstart the production and use of “green” hydrogen, viewed as an important fuel source for cutting pollution from heavy industry.

The state is awarding almost $80 million dollars to help hotels and restaurants still struggling to recover from the pandemic.

The Washington State Broadband Office is planning for around $900 million in federal funds to come into the state for internet infrastructure projects. But first they have to understand why 250,000 households are without high-speed internet.

In 2005, Washington state set a goal: Cut homelessness statewide by 50 percent by 2015. Ten years later the results are in and they’re far short of the...