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 ...

American flags at state buildings across Washington will be raised to full staff on Monday in recognition of the presidential inauguration, with flags to return to half-staff by sunrise Tuesday in ...

Hawley called CHNV a “mass parole program” that exceeds the government’s authority under immigration law. Hawley said the law ...

Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee pressed Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump’s nominee for secretary of ...

Noem said she would not withhold disaster aid based on politics but did not directly answer questions on whether she would refuse such a directive from President-elect Trump. Noem initially declined ...

The biggest environmental bill that could have been on the table for the 2025-2027 legislative session looks unlikely this ...

The governors of California, Oregon, and Washington have asked the U.S. federal government to provide financial aid for the ...

South King Fire firefighters are working 16 hours a day in Los Angeles County, California, suppressing fires with a truck ...

The Valley Regional Fire Authority deployed five firefighters to assist in structural protection related to the ongoing ...

Democratic lawmakers are claiming the LA wildfires were caused by "climate change," while celebrities point fingers to city leadership for the severity of the damage after fire department funding was ...

The president-elect has repeatedly threatened to withhold disaster relief money from California amid an ongoing feud with Gov ...

Walsh doesn’t think Inslee’s proposed wealth tax will get very far during the 105-day legislative session, which starts on Jan. 13. “There are going to be lawsuits even if it is passed into ...