Republican Bill Bryant is running out of time in his quest to become Washington’s next governor.
It was the sort of loose locution one might reflexively associate with Republican Donald Trump this election season. Except this eye-opening utterance came from Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee in the early minutes of his televised debate with Bill Bryant, his Republican opponent.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson insists politics isn't driving his call for a ban on the sale of semiautomatic, military-style assault weapons during the 2017 legislative session.
It took Donald Trump nearly four minutes to enter Xfinity Arena, make his way to the podium and greet thousands of screaming fans congregated on the floor and seated throughout the building.
The state is about to get new standards for water quality calibrated in part on how much fish we eat. The question is which version?
It's a pretty safe bet Donald J. Trump will lose in the state of Washington this November. It's a pretty sure one he'll get walloped in the city of Seattle.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn knows school districts use local levies to pay teachers and principals because they don't get enough money from the state to offer competitive salaries.
Opponents of an initiative to repeal state rules allowing transgender people access to bathrooms of their choice are linking the philosophical motivations for the measure and the deadly attack at a LGBT nightclub in Orlando.
Opponents of an initiative to repeal state rules allowing transgender people access to bathrooms of their choice are linking the philosophical motivations for the measure and the deadly attack at a LGBT nightclub in Orlando.
The next round in the battle on access to public bathrooms was waged Thursday in Yakima.
The next round in the battle on access to public bathrooms was waged Thursday in Yakima. That's when an obscure legislative committee that rarely meets heard challenges to the state rule allowing transgender people to use the public bathroom of the gender they identify with — which may not be the one assigned them at birth.
If you’ve never tried to pull off a debate, it’s hard to appreciate the degree of difficulty involved in such a feat.
The personal nature of politics is on display in Washington.
The personal nature of politics is on display in Washington. Let's start with the presidential primary, an $11.5 million demonstration of democracy with a very limited impact on deciding who will be the nation's next leader.
For very different reasons, Donald Trump and Randy Dorn are poised to alter the dynamics of this year's race for governor in Washington.
For very different reasons, Donald Trump and Randy Dorn are poised to alter the dynamics of this year's race for governor in Washington. Trump's effect would derive from his position as the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president and the cascading consequences of his words and actions.
With all the attention given the heated contest for the Republican Party presidential nomination, it's easy to forget the battle to become the Democratic nominee isn't over.
With all the attention given the heated contest for the Republican Party presidential nomination, it's easy to forget the battle to become the Democratic nominee isn't over. Bernie Sanders' supporters in Washington certainly haven't.
Little Marko was on fire.
Little Marko was on fire. The man most know as Sen. Marko Liias, D-Lynnwood, was riffing on all the goodness in the supplemental transportation budget and dropping kudos to Gov. Jay Inslee along the way.