Restrictions during 'instructional hours' would be required in the 2026-27 school year. LACEY, Wash. — School districts could be forced to restrict cell phone use for students under bills introduced in...
Budget writers have been told to prepare for an estimated $12 billion budget shortfall over the next four years. OLYMPIA, Wash. — Dozes of parents and preschool providers lobbied Washington state...
The proposed bills would require permits for gun purchases, impose an excise tax, and limit sales of guns and ammo in Washington state. OLYMPIA, Wash. — A series of public...
A 2022 law prohibited the sale of magazines that carry more than 10 rounds. OLYMPIA, Wash. — Can Washington state ban the sale of gun magazines defined as ‘high capacity?’ ...
Washington state legislators have 105 days to pass a balanced budget for the next four years. OLYMPIA, Wash. — Legislators returned to Olympia Monday facing the largest potential budget deficit in...
Bob Ferguson will be sworn in Jan. 15. OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Governor-elect Bob Ferguson is calling for near across-the-board state agency budget cuts to help bail the state out of...
Avery Ping, 16, died of drug overdose in December. OLYMPIA, Wash. — The father of a teen who died of a drug overdose in Olympia last month hopes his son’s death...
Artist Hai Ying Wu is working on the statue of Billy Frank, Jr. in the garage of his Issaquah home. ISSAQUAH, Wash. — By the end of 2025 Washington state...
