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Months after the 2020 election, lawmakers are considering a slew of election-related proposals.

The state Legislature passed the ban on single-use plastic bags with bipartisan support in 2020, but the pandemic has delayed its implementation.

Bellevue teens who love dogs take their advocacy work to Olympia to propose a bill and see it through.

John Braun: U.S. Navy veteran, businessman, father of four, and now one of the most powerful Republicans in the state.

June 19 is already celebrated as the end of slavery in the United States. Lawmakers are debating making it an official government holiday.

Budget writers may find the money for the new office, but questions remain about where it would get its power and authority.

Lousy pay, a toxic workplace and excessive workloads are driving away the people who serve vulnerable kids and their families.

Washington state lost nearly one in five foster homes between 2008 and 2015 amid complaints of discord and disarray.

Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion.

When foster children spend the night in a hotel or in a foster home that agrees to keep them for only one night at a time, they typically don’t make it to school the next day.