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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Legislature has started a 30-day special session to address the still unresolved two-year state budget that must comply with a state Supreme Court order on education funding. Gov. Jay Inslee issued the official special session proclamation Monday, a day after the 105-day regular session ended with little fanfare...

OLYMPIA  (AP) — Former state Rep. Helen Sommers, a Seattle lawmaker who served 36 years in the Washington Legislature, has died. The Olympian reports Sommers died Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where she lived, according to her sister, Joan Coach...

Incumbent state Rep. David Taylor, R-Moxee, is defending his seat against Democratic challenger A.J. Cooper of Yakima. Here's what the two had to say during recent interviews on the morning news with Dave and Lance ...

OLYMPIA (AP) — A handful of races could decide whether there's a shake-up in the Washington Legislature this November, as Democrats hope to regain control of the Senate and Republicans have their eye on a majority in the House. All 98 seats in the House are up for election on Nov...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is calling a special session in Olympia so that lawmakers can complete their work on a new two-year budget. After a 105-day regular legislative session, the Legislature adjourned Sunday evening without coming to an agreement on a new budget...

Our news partner KIMA Action News is reporting that R-74 supporters turned in petitions with enough valid signatures to put the measure on the November ballot.

Washington State became the seventh in the nation to allow gay marriage today when the legislation was signed into law. Now what?