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A day after the Washington State Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal seeking a referendum on the state’s new income tax, one of the key players in the legal challenge to come is expressing …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/5/26
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A Washington Supreme Court commissioner on Tuesday declined to pause a judge’s ruling that blocked a new law setting stricter qualifications for sheriffs.
Deputy Commissioner Walter Burton …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/5/26
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Former Washington state lawmaker Eric Robertson, who served two stints in the Legislature decades apart, died April 24. He was 62.
Robertson, a former House Republican caucus chair, …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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5/5/26
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Federal agencies say they have yet to take steps to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, as the Department of Justice fights a Democrat-led lawsuit against …
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By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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5/5/26
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Two companies that manufacture the abortion pill drug mifepristone were on Monday granted an administrative stay on lower-court rulings that sought to heavily restrict access to the abortion pill.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/4/26
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An appeal to the Washington State Supreme Court to allow a referendum effort on the new income tax law to proceed was denied on Monday.
The political group Let’s Go Washington initially filed …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/4/26
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Washington drivers are facing a brutal spring at the pump as gasoline prices in the state shatter all-time records, driven by a combination of the state's carbon policy and gas taxes, along with …
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By Andrew Paxton and Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/4/26
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Three years after a landslide cut off access to the upper stretch of state Route 504, also known as Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, work has begun to restore a key connection to one of Washington’s …
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The Reflector
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5/4/26
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Washington’s new law setting stricter eligibility standards for sheriffs was partially blocked in state court on Wednesday, one day before much of it was set to take effect.
The preliminary …
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Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/4/26
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Due to a global shortage of petroleum-based materials, the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and its 600 license dealer locations will no longer sell waterproof, tear …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/4/26
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Washington’s Supreme Court on Monday denied a conservative political committee’s request to pursue an attempt to repeal the state’s new income tax law with a referendum this fall.
The …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/4/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case over whether the government can discipline doctors for what they say publicly.
The case, Stockton v. Brown, challenged the Washington Medical …
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By Andrew Rice / The Center Square
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5/4/26
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An unusual and potentially pivotal midterm election season gets formally underway in Washington on Monday when candidates can begin filing for legislative, congressional and judicial offices .
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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5/4/26
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It’s unclear when a section of the North Cascades Highway will reopen following significant winter damage and a March rockslide on the road.
Around 26 miles of the highway between Diablo Lake …
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By Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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5/3/26
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A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of …
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By Alex Brown / Stateline
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5/3/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson conceded this week to violating state ethics law, agreeing to accept a $4,000 fine for letting his former chief strategy officer take a taxpayer-funded flight with him last year.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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5/1/26
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On Friday, the second lawsuit against the new sheriff decertification bill that took effect in part on Thursday received a motion hearing before the same Thurston County Superior Court judge who …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/1/26
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Retired police officers and firefighters in Washington are suing the state, trying to block an attempt to access their pension fund that the legislature wants to use to offset ongoing budget …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/1/26
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A group of former foster children in Washington who sued the state for failing to protect them from abuse in foster care won a landmark case before the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday that could …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/1/26
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Shortly after purchasing 74 acres in a state timber sale on the northern end of the Olympic Peninsula, Bruce Webster received a phone call from Earth Law Center attorney Elizabeth Dunne. She asked if …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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5/1/26
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