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  Can Washington state lawmakers cut their way out of a $2 billion shortfall?

  Washington state's 60-day legislative session started Monday in Olympia with lawmakers facing a $2 billion budget shortfall. Washington State Standard reporter Jerry Cornfield has been following lawmakers' attempts to soften the blow.

  • Shane Mehling
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  Democrats pour into Washington state as Republicans leave, analysis shows

  Washington voters shifted toward Donald Trump less than any state in last year's election. A big reason could be: who's moving here, and who's moving out.

  • Scott Greenstone
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  Most of his initiatives failed, but Washington Republicans still call him a winner

  Brian Heywood spent millions of dollars of his own money to get four initiatives on the ballot. Three out of four of them were failing Tuesday night.

  • Joshua McNichols
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  This Washington county has predicted the president longer than anywhere

  Clallam County in Washington is the only county in the entire nation where voters have chosen the same candidate as the electoral college for 40 years — in every presidential race since 1980.

  • Scott Greenstone
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  'Harris’ signs across red-leaning rural Washington...but not for Kamala

  When William Harris decided to run for Mason County Commissioner last year, he made his last name big on his yard signs.

  • Scott Greenstone
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  Chris Vance is once again a Republican ... for Harris

  Among the many political factions supporting Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is a group from the other side of the aisle. Republicans for Harris is a national movement that has a handful of local Washingtonians on board.

  • Patricia Murphy
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  Will the race for Washington land commissioner come down to two Republicans?

  A new poll shows all five Democrats trailing the two Republicans running for Commissioner of Public Lands, but many voters still haven’t decided.

  • Scott Greenstone
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  Are Washington’s wealthiest waiting out the state’s capital gains tax?

  The state's wealthiest residents might be holding on to their stocks in hopes of avoiding Washington's capital gains tax, which has been challenged by an initiative that goes before voters in November. The tax charges a 7% tax for stock, bond, or mutual fund sales in excess of $250,000.

  • Scott Greenstone
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  Tiffany Smiley is back. This time, she's running for Congress against another Republican

  Tiffany Smiley is charting another course to Washington, D.C. This time, she's challenging a fellow Republican in an attempt to get into Congress.

  • Dyer Oxley
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  WA Republicans throw weight behind MAGA candidate Semi Bird

  Washington state Republicans gathered in Spokane over the weekend to throw support behind a candidate for governor and other key offices. After a rowdy back and forth over whether the party would endorse at all, former Richland school board member Semi Bird emerged with the official GOP stamp of approval for the governor’s race. The decision sends a message about who state party faithful see as the standard bearer for the Washington GOP: Donald J. Trump.

  • Scott Greenstone

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