Sarah Bannister, secretary of the Washington state Senate, said the upper chamber’s legislative allowance is roughly a total ...

Inside the Washington state Capitol in Olympia, speculation about a potential ... going to have a special session or not,” the Moses Lake Republican said. Some Democrats seem optimistic that ...

People cheer during a rally advocating for lawmakers to adjust and pass House Bill 1217, a rent-control bill, at the Washington State Capitol Building Friday, April 18, 2025, in Olympia ...

The bill caps rent increases at 7% plus inflation, or 10%, whichever is less. And it prohibits rent increases during the ...

After Republicans and Democrats spent three and a half months hashing out policy differences in the state capital, debates that have frequently lasted into the early hours of the morning, it was ...

Signs of disrepair are scattered throughout the 115-year-old building, from chipping plaster to cracked paint and water ...

Democrats have landed on a new proposed limit on residential rent increases after negotiations in the Legislature.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State House of Representatives read out a resolution on Wednesday morning, honoring the life and activism of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi - a recent University of ...

Democratic lawmakers passed a compromise version of a bill to cap yearly rent increases Sunday, the final day of the state’s ...