Senate Bill 6346 passed out of committee Monday and will be debated on the upper chamber floor in the coming days.

Feb. 4 marked the deadline for non-fiscal bills to pass out of their policy committees in the Washington state Legislature.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State senators applaud during the first day of the 2026 legislative session. (Photo by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero/Washington State ...

The Washington State Legislature started the session with a prickly subject. “Sometimes folks think Olympia is all about the ...

With a looming $1.6 billion to $2.3 billion budget shortfall hanging over the Washington state legislature, House and Senate leaders and Gov. Bob Ferguson presented differing proposals to address the ...

Now that we've entered 2026, a number of new laws are now in effect. The laws that took effect on Thursday include bringing changes to workers, employers, families, and consumers across the state.

I am confident I speak for a majority of business owners in our state that we care deeply about our employees, the well-being ...

The initiative aims to enhance parental rights regarding their children in public schools, but opponents say it "attacks student privacy and erases equal education." ...