The state’s financial turmoil hasn’t subsided. It may get worse when a new revenue forecast comes out this month.

This budget, passed by the majority party, is the biggest in our state's history and relies on the largest tax increases Washington has ever seen. Democrats pushed through more than $3.6 billion in ...

Administrator Lonna Leno led a tour of the eight houses that make up the Walla Walla Veterans Home after a roundtable event ...

Agencies had not been filling positions to soften the blow on workers, but cuts are still expected to affect approximately ...

Just weeks after signing a budget that relied on spending cuts and new taxes to balance, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is telling state agencies to tighten their fiscal belts even more.

Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a budget with new taxes to close a multi-billion-dollar gap. Republicans estimate a $2,000 tax impact per a family of four by 2029. Democrats say it's more like $900 ...

Facing a multi-billion-dollar budget deficit, state agencies are expecting to see staff reductions in the coming weeks.

Bob Ferguson signed the next state budget on Tuesday, he vetoed a few dozen spending provisions scattered throughout its 1,366 pages. The plan he approved lays out $78 billion in spending over two ...

Washington farmers hit with cap-and-trade taxes are losing the chance to get partial refunds, as a rebate program created but ...

“Washington state budget adds $9B in taxes ... That’s when the state’s longtime attorney general Bob Ferguson was running for governor and threatened to prosecute two other guys named ...

Governor Bob Ferguson said the additional funds will cover inflationary costs for materials like steel and concrete over a five-year period.