2025 Legislative Sessions

With less than a month remaining in this year's Legislative Session in Olympia, and mounting disaccord among lawmakers and the governor regarding the state's latest operating budget, the likelihood of the need for a special session is becoming greater by the day...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has announced he is prepared to place limitations on his own emergency powers. The pledge comes after Republican legislation seeking to amend any governor's powers during a state of emergency stalled in the state Senate...

A bill that's currently under consideration in the Washington House of Representatives is looking to tax storage units in the state. House Bill 1907 (HB-1907) would change current laws that treat storage unit rentals like agreements between landlords and tenants and instead define them as retail transactions which are subject to Washington's primary business tax and sales-and-use tax...

It's been a reference to Washington for almost as long as it's been a state, but did you know that the nation's 42nd entrant into the union isn't really "The Evergreen State"? At least, not officially anyway. But now, a Cowlitz County senator wants to change that...

As the 2025 Washington State Legislative Sessions get underway, the Chelan County Sheriff's Office is working to both forward and prevent certain actions from being taken in Olympia over the next four months. Sheriff Mike Morrison says one of the key items his agency is looking to accomplish is developing pathways to access more funding when long-term situations, such as wildfires, arise... Read M