Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the Minnesota Legislature have announced a hard-fought budget deal. They used the occasion Thursday to contrast the bipartisan cooperation that produced the agreement with ...

Will Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson sign or veto a pile of tax bills and a state budget dependent on them? It’s anyone’s guess.

The Senate then unanimously passed the D.C. Local Funds Act, which would restore the District’s budget. District leaders and ...

On the last day of the 2025 legislative session — and following months of intense debate — Washington state lawmakers passed a final operating budget. Legislators’ work may be done for the time being, ...

Homeless encampments along highways in Washington state may have to sit along the busy roads for a bit longer due to budget ...

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer on May 15 faced heat from House lawmakers, who pressed the new Cabinet member on ...

The final state budget approved by the legislature left many lawmakers disappointed, and eager to start to work on ways to ...

Washington state’s budget package, the nearly $78 billion operating budget itself and five revenue bills that raise taxes by ...

Additionally, President Trump last month pushed Congress to approve a "big, beautiful" tax and spending bill that fulfills ...

The Washington Township school board rejected a motion to bring back suspended schools chief Eric Hibbs. It also rejected a ...

Fuel for chainsaws. Food and water for Pulaski-toting firefighters doing the exhaustive work of digging fire lines. Ample ...

House Republicans have proposed cutting billions of dollars in funding for Biden-era climate and environmental programs, ...