As Washington County moves forward with its $2 billion budget for the 2026 fiscal year, the government’s financial woes are ...

Senate Republicans based their projection off Democrats’ state tax package, including legislation boosting business and occupation (B&O) taxes, a sales tax expansion, the new Tesla tax, capital gains ...

With $9 billion in new taxes now part of the new state budget, people in Washington will be paying more for many essentials.

Inheriting a $16 billion budget shortfall was not the way I wanted to start as governor,” Bob Ferguson said Tuesday.

Before Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the next state budget on Tuesday, he vetoed a few dozen spending provisions ...

A six-cent increase to the gas tax and boosts to business taxes are part of the $77.8 billion two-year budget signed May 20.

If passed as written, people would need jobs to qualify for Medicaid health insurance and SNAP, or food stamps.

In a busy weekend in Washington, a key House committee narrowly passed a budget while President Donald Trump prepared for ...

Discvover the contentious $77.9B operating budget and its impact on Washington's future, as Governor Bob Ferguson signed it ...

The budget enacts new cuts and taxes, but works to keep essential services intact for the state's vulnerable populations.

The budget marks a $4.5 million, or 2.28%, increase from $194.6 million 24-25 school year budget, along with a 3.39% rise in ...

In both Augusta and Washington, D.C., we see a new kind of legislator — or, to be more accurate, a new kind of legislating — ...