Gov. Bob Ferguson directed all state agencies to raise the flags to full-staff on Jan. 20 in honor of Inauguration Day.

Donald Trump's second inauguration is set for Monday, Jan. 20. Gov. Ferguson joins a growing list of governors ordering flags ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson suggested cutting 6% of the state’s budget to offset shortfalls, but lawmakers on both sides said fire suppression funds should not be touched ...

In addition to Dye’s bill, Sen. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick, has filed Senate Bill 5015 to limit the governor’s authority by giving the final say for new energy projects to the Energy Facility Site ...

Even before being sworn into office, Gov. Bob Ferguson managed to raise some hackles on both sides of the political aisle.

Sunny Jay went out the way he came in: mostly sunny. Though with some scattered shade. “I wish I lived in Jay Inslee’s version of Washington, full of puppies and rainbows,” quipped Republican state ...

A private immigration prison in Tacoma must pay $23 million in back wages and penalties for violating Washington’s minimum wage law, after it paid detainees as little as $1 a day, a federal appeals ...

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Bob Ferguson is officially the governor of. Ferguson, a Democrat, took the oath of office on Wednesday in front of family, friends and lawmakers in a crowded House of Representatives chamber. The ...

The state boosted spending to comply with a ruling in the landmark McCleary case, but the public schools chief says it hasn’t ...

As they were cheered from the gallery by friends and family and treated to a ukulele version of “America the Beautiful,” state lawmakers gathered Jan. 15 for the opening of the 2025 Legislature.

In 2024, candidate Bob Ferguson promised to make the problems with Washington State Ferries a priority. He promised change.