Federal officials are warning that two important bridges connecting Washington state to Oregon could be at risk of collapsing in a ship strike like the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster in ...

However, for some rural school districts in Washington, federal funding makes up more than 30% of the budget. Mount Adams School District in Yakima County gets about 36% of its funding from the ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, with the president saying, "We're going to eliminate it, and everybody knows it's ...

While K-12 curricula are largely under the purview of local governments, the Education Department plays a supporting role in K-12 schools through funding. The agency also oversees colleges to ensure ...