As the state faces a $16 billion budget shortfall, hundreds gathered to protest the governor’s proposed furloughs.

Take Washington ... State lawmakers have proposed several new tax measures as part of the state budget. The possible menu includes a payroll tax that would raise $6.9 billion, a property tax, a ...

No cuts, no furloughs. Tax, tax the rich!” WFSE members and supporters chanted at the state Capitol on Wednesday.

OLYMPIA — Escalating tensions around cuts for Washington’s budget and potential furloughs boiled over Wednesday afternoon as hundreds of workers stormed into the state Capitol building to pick ...

Bursts of white and pink have started to spring up at the Capitol Campus in Olympia. That’s right ... cherry blossoms are among Washington state’s quintessential spring harbingers — signs ...

(The Center Square) – In a show of bipartisanship in Olympia, the Washington Senate has unanimously passed a $7.3 billion capital budget for 2025-27 that focuses on projects across the state.

The Washington State Capitol or Legislative Building in Olympia is the home of the government of the state of Washington. (Walter G Arce Sr./Grindstone Media/ASP/Zuma Press/TNS) Washington ...

Another “Hands Off!” rally at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia from 2 to 4 p.m. demands to “remove, reverse, and reclaim,” against the “destruction” of democracy and the economy ...

OLYMPIA — It’s ... revenue increases are taking the state in an “awfully troubling direction.” “Their budgets would tax the jobs right out of Washington, but it wouldn’t just tax ...