The relatively obscure issue of captive insurance is on the election ballot now in Washington voters’ hands. Advisory Vote 38 asks whether a new tax on…

There are no statewide initiative measures on the ballot this November in Oregon and Washington state. That’s a change from usual, but voters around the region are casting ballots on a variety of newsworthy local initiatives.

Next month, Washington’s top election official will resign from the post she’s held for nearly a decade and head east. Kim Wyman is set to join the U.S.…

Potential candidates to replace Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman are already stepping forward after Wyman, a Republican, announced she will resign next month to take an election security position with the Biden administration. Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, will appoint Wyman's replacement. That could spell the end of a nearly six decades Republican lock on the secretary of state's office.

The Spokane City Council on Monday night approved a new plan to combat climate change locally. The proposal updates the city’s sustainability plan from…

On Election Day Washington voters will have the chance to share their opinions about a controversial new state capital gains tax (Advisory Vote 37).The…

MONTCLAIR, N.J. — Pastors Daniel Ying and Brad Bissell doubled as TV preachers on YouTube during the coronavirus pandemic, preaching to video cameras and…

Spokane County received a $500,000 grant last week to launch a domestic violence court.Annie Murphey, the director of the Spokane Regional Domestic…

On Washington ballots this month is an advisory question about a tax on phone lines and other telecommunications service. The money collected from that…

Washington Sen. Patty Murray and Gov. Jay Inslee said they'll listen to diverse viewpoints with open minds to recover salmon and potentially breach the four Lower Snake River dams.