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The rules expand on a 2017 executive order from Inslee, which imposed similar requirements only on state agencies, a move advocates said stopped short of other sanctuary states, which include Oregon and California.

Recent polling suggests at least some wisdom for trying to become the climate change candidate.

Washington has had a moratorium on executions since 2014, but the ruling makes it the 20th state to do away with capital punishment.

The agreement came hours before the measure — contested by media groups and open government advocates — would have become law.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three Democratic governors say they won't let the United States back away from the global commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions despite President Donald Trump withdrawing from an international pact. Jerry Brown of California, Jay Inslee of Washington state and Andrew Cuomo of New York have formed the U...

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Governor Jay Inslee said he's encouraged by the changes that have been made to ensure the state's largest psychiatric hospital is safer for both patients and staff. After touring Western State Hospital on Tuesday, he said increases in staffing have benefited patients and he hopes to get the budget resources to keep that work going...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee called the President Donald Trump's revised travel ban a "substantial retreat from the president." Inslee said Monday that president's actions were a reaction to the state's decision to sue over the initial travel ban, which resulted in a Seattle judge blocking its implementation around the country...

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson says the state is ready to fight if necessary to keep its legal marijuana. Ferguson made the comments Thursday after White House spokesman Sean Spicer suggested during a press briefing that President Donald Trump's administration might crack down on states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use...

OLYMPIA (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says he has signed an executive order to ensure that state workers don't help carry out President Donald Trump's "mean spirited" immigration policies. Trump has said he wants to expand the number of deportations of people in the country illegally...

OLYMPIA (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is heading to Washington, D.C. for a gathering of the National Governors Association that will include a meeting with President Donald Trump. Inslee has been a vocal opponent of Trump and supported the lawsuit filed by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson that has led to a temporary halt of the president's travel ban aimed at immigrants from seven pred