In recent years the office added election cybersecurity to its repertoire, in response to a surge in worldwide cybersecurity incidents and complaints from Republicans including former gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp about election...

Treaty detailsCurrently, Canada is entitled to half the hydropower generated by dams in the river basin, which Canada mostly sells to U.S. interests. That was a sticking point in negotiations, as the...

In Washington, there were 347 total complaints of housing discrimination, mostly for discrimination against people with disabilities. That’s down nearly 56% from 787 last year.  A federal law, known as  the Fair Housing...

Meanwhile, some activists in Vancouver believe in taking safe supply even further: making tested drugs available to all users, not just as medical treatment for substance-use disorder. In 2020, in order to...

In Washington, justices are elected in staggered nonpartisan elections. In the case of vacancies between elections, the governor appoints replacements who must win the next election to stay in office. In recent years,...

As an example of a cap-and-invest boondoggle, Heywood cited a $4 million appropriation to the Washington Department of Ecology and Whatcom County to deal with flooding in the Nooksack River basin. He...

The two Democrats and one Republican competing to be attorney general also have a lot of priorities, experiences and ideas that set them apart.The three candidates  are former U.S. Attorney for Western...

“I am pleased any time the Supreme Court doesn’t codify laws that harm pregnant people, however it’s the bare minimum we should expect,” said Sarah Prager, a Seattle-area abortion provider and professor...