Olympia

The Washington State Board of Education has voted unanimously to adopt a resolution to establish an ethnic studies graduation requirement.

A man accused of spraying three people with bear spray and threatening two journalists while armed with an assault weapon pleaded guilty to assault, harassment and criminal trespass charges.

The Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the automatic life-without-parole sentences given to two men for murders committed when they were 19 and 20, saying judges must consider the youth and brain development of such defendants in sentencing them.

Lawmakers are on the cusp of overhauling policing and police accountability in Washington state, acting with unusual urgency to curb bad behavior by officers following last year’s turbulent protests for racial justice.

A bill that would expand a tax credit for the state’s low-income workers and families passed the House earlier this week, with an amendment that would ensure the exemption is available to eligible taxpayers for the first time.

A statue honoring the late Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually tribal member who championed treaty rights and protecting the environment, is one step closer to being on display at the U.S. Capitol.

The Washington House has approved a measure that would require landlords to provide a valid reason for ending certain leases with tenants.

Profits on the sale of stocks and bonds in excess of $250,000 would be subject to a new tax on capital gains under a bill narrowly approved Saturday by the Washington Senate.

A measure that would allow high school students set to graduate this year or next to stay in school for a "bridge year" to catch up on learning and participate in missed extracurricular activities passed the Washington Senate.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that the state's felony drug possession law is unconstitutional. 

Gov. Jay Inslee announced that going forward, all regions in Washington state will remain in Phase 2. A pause has been put on going backward.

Openly carrying guns and other weapons on the Capitol campus and at or near permitted public demonstrations across Washington would be prohibited under a measure approved by the state Senate Thursday.

In response to a security breach that exposed personal information from around 1.6 million unemployment claims filed last year, the Washington Senate has unanimously passed a measure that creates a state Office of Cybersecurity.

Pioneer George Bush led families to the Pacific Northwest and intended to settle in Oregon, but Black exclusionary laws barred him from living there. The group instead settled in what is now Tumwater.

The Washington state Senate on Tuesday approved a measure requiring police to intervene if they see a fellow officer using excessive force — one of several measures in the Legislature prompted by the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd and ensuing Black Lives Matter protests last year.

The use of Native American names, symbols and images would be banned from being used as school mascots, logos and team names at most public schools in Washington under a bill passed Tuesday by the state House of Representatives.

A capital gains tax on the sale of high-profit stocks and bonds has been approved by a Senate fiscal committee.

This week on "The Divide": A look at some of the most controversial public safety bills being debated in Olympia, including a bill that would decriminalize drugs and another that would drastically limit the use of police K-9s.

Two farm groups are suing the state of Washington for failing to revise emergency regulations that seek to protect migrant farmworkers from the COVID-19 virus.