Cutting services or raising taxes: State lawmakers weigh how to fill big budget gaps
Even before taking office last week, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson had proposed $4 billion in spending cuts. That was on top ...
Acclaimed former Seattle journalist Jesse Jones appointed director of state agency
Gov. Bob Ferguson has appointed Jesse Jones, a former journalist renowned for his consumer investigative reporting, as the new director of Results Washington.T ...
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Should Washington’s Fish and Wildlife Commission be dissolved?
The Fish and Wildlife Commission is under scrutiny after a report last month found the organization’s structure was “dysfunctional” and needed reforms.
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Full Speed Ahead for Nation’s First Long-Term Care Social Insurance Program in Washington State
In November, Washington State voters defeated a ballot measure that would have significantly undermined the nation’s first social insurance program for long-term care by a surprisingly comfortable 55 ...
Gov. Ferguson appoints ex-KIRO reporter Jesse Jones to lead WA agency
Jesse Jones made his name in TV, where he reported on consumer issues for decades. He had been let go from KIRO in October last year.