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Since the 2021 attack on the capitol campus, security has increased, two people have faced prosecution and reporters continue to feel the shock.

State residents say the cost of living and housing are big issues as lawmakers draft a new budget, according to a new Crosscut/Elway poll.

Two years after the WA Supreme Court struck down the state's felony possession law in the Blake decision, the Legislature is reconsidering drug laws.

Proposed policies include planting trees and steering people away from gas-powered cars — but nothing as ambitious as years past.

As other states moved to ban abortion in 2022, elected officials, abortion providers and advocates worked to strengthen protections in Washington state.

More than 11,000 people have applied to the program, which aims to address turnover. Funding long-term pay increases could prove more challenging.

Ahead of the 2023 legislative session, politics reporter Joseph O'Sullivan offers a crash course on state firearms restrictions.

Gov. Inslee said he'd find answers on the documents, which were shelved by a senior adviser he appointed last year to lead the prison ombuds agency.

Gov. Jay Inslee's two-year blueprint includes adding 2,200 units of housing, with money for another 5,300 units to be approved by voters.

Juarez, the first Indigenous woman to hold the position, was selected by her colleagues to serve as council president in January 2022.