Legislators say they didn’t mean for past misconduct to be off-limits, but that’s how a state commission has interpreted the new law.

The Senate’s recent confirmation of three federal judges in Washington reveals a deliberate effort to increase diversity in the courts.

A law making it easier to decertify problem officers won’t cause elected sheriffs to lose their jobs, as it would for other cops.

With Kim Wyman leaving for a job in the Biden administration in November, Gov. Jay Inslee will need to appoint a replacement soon.

Early in the pandemic, reproductive health workers lead a push to make at-home abortion available to more Washington women. This is what happened.

None of the maps proposed by members of the state Redistricting Commission would create a Yakima Valley district where most eligible voters are Latino, a new analysis finds.

The Washington Department of Ecology is set to implement new 'nutrient waste' regulations to protect struggling marine life.

Commissioners — two Democratic and two Republican appointees — just submitted their proposed new voting district lines.

19th century mapmakers hoped to draw settlers to the region with idealized vistas of emerging Northwest towns.

The Tacoma Weekly got slapped down by campaign finance regulators last week, who said its illegal move undermined journalism.

The changes are part of a larger push to reduce barriers to entering the legal marijuana system.

The state’s vaccine mandates are among the most stringent in the nation. Will other states follow?

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A federal judge allows suit to proceed, as the state says run-off from the mine is seeping into Okanogan water sources.