Election Day is here in Washington and the nation. Numerous pivotal races will be decided.  There are three ...

Buoyant Democrats were on course Tuesday night to strengthen their grip on power in the Washington state House.

All but one of the slate of five Washington state Supreme Court candidates backed by Democratic leaders led their races ...

Voters on Tuesday were upholding Washington’s new income tax on households earning more than a million dollars a year, a threshold opponents argued would eventually be lowered to apply to everyone.

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The individual, who had underlying health conditions, contracted the bird flu after exposure to an infected animal at a dairy.

Washington’ voters on Tuesday will consider initiatives to repeal a new income tax and bar transgender girls from competing in girls sports.

I was walking in as the new editor-in-chief of the Washington State Standard, a mere eight days before a big election. The ...

These are places like east King County suburbs where Republican Dino Rossi’s tenure as a state senator nearly carried him to ...

In a tight race for a seat in the Washington state Legislature, one political committee turns to online influencers to reach ...