The state’s prison nursery is one of only a few in the country intended to support incarcerated mothers amid a simmering debate on crime and drug use.

After an investigation found that hundreds of workers at G&G Orchards and RC Orchards LLC were not paid properly, they will receive $500,000 in back wages.

The latest state revenue forecast brings good news for the current two-year budget cycle, and for the next one as well.

First elected in 2012, Inslee is only the second person to serve three consecutive terms as the state's governor.

Meanwhile, state lawmakers will defend their use of 'legislative privilege' to hide messages from the public in a case brought by the Washington Coalition of Open Government and others.

As justices consider overturning the FDA's 23-year-old approval of mifepristone, Washington state continues to protect access to the drug.

Human-services employees can apply through June 2 to receive $2,000.

People flocked to see a young orca lost in a river near Portland. Then she was killed, pickled and left in a tank on a mountainside.