During the 2025 legislative session, Washington state lawmakers face a budget shortfall that threatens funding for the public programs we all rely on.

The Senate is preparing to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl ...

The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to ...

Wednesday marked the cutoff date for Washington state lawmakers to clear bills out of their respective houses of origin. Subjects ranged from passenger-only ferries to rent stabilization to cacti.

President Trump continued to threaten tariffs as DOGE continued its cuts of the federal workforce. It was another ...

Thanks to the 2019 Government Shutdown Prevention Act, if there is a shutdown Friday, 11:59 p.m., eventually back pay must be provided to the majority of furloughed workers. However, with the ...

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that ...

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

With the session more than halfway over, Wednesday marked the day most bills needed to pass out of their chamber of origin in ...

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) is hoping Democrats can pass a short-term spending proposal with a special amendment meant to protect the budget of, D.C. The Maryland senator is hoping ...

The House spending bill holds the city's budget at fiscal year 2024 numbers, even though the District's 2025 budget is based ...

WASHINGTON ― Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced on Thursday that he would vote to advance Republican ...