Washington state lawmakers cap annual rent increases, ending a heated legislative battle on the final day of session.

House Democrats believe the $77.1 billion operating budget would protect essential services and support K-12 education.

Lawmakers in Olympia are racing to finalize the 2025 legislative session, focusing on a $77.9 billion budget and a bill to ...

Supporters say an annual cap of 10 percent, including inflation, will protect tenants. Critics worry it will reduce housing ...

It’s probably not the budget that we thought we were going to be writing a year ago,” said state Sen. June Robinson, an ...

Lawmakers have released their final budget proposal for the next two years on the day before the 2025 legislative session has ...

End of the legislative session: Provided both houses of the state Legislature have been able to approve a multi-billion ...

Washington Democrats in the Legislature are mulling a tax aimed primarily at Tesla amid national protests against the ...

As the legislative session ends, leaders urge caution over tax proposals amid a looming $16 billion budget deficit in ...

When Washington’s 147 legislators kicked off the 2025 session three months ago, solving the problem of an ever-growing shortfall in the state’s next operating budget topped their to-do list.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Twenty-six bills that passed during the legislative session were signed Wednesday into Washington law by Gov ...

Washington House lawmakers, for nearly five hours on Monday, battled through the latest round of debate in the state ...