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Rep. Steve Kirby says he kept busy during the Legislature’s brief hiatus this month by training for his new job at a Tacoma-area credit union.

It’s a field that intersects with his work at the Capitol. As the chairman of the House Business and Financial Services Committee, Kirby has the…

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee told a Seattle audience Monday that he wants to reduce public university tuitions after several years of diminishing state support for higher education.

“We’re really at risk of having our colleges erode,” Inslee told the audience at a sold-out luncheon of…

Neither side has apparently made any legitimate concessions in the past two weeks of closed-door budget talks over Washington's 2013-2015 operating budget.

Both Gov. Jay Inslee and the Senate Majority Coalition held press conferences Monday on the talks — and…

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has narrowed his list of top priorities for lawmakers to address in a special session, saying Monday that the Legislature must focus on the operating budget, a transportation-funding package and new legislation to crack down on drunken drivers.

Washington lawmakers return to the Capitol Monday to finish their work on a two-year state budget, but with no deal reached during their two-week interim, the special legislative session could take its full allotted 30 days, if not longer.

After a two-week break to refresh and hear from constituents, state lawmakers will return to the Capitol Campus on Monday to finish the work they couldn’t accomplish in 105 days: passing a budget. We hope legislators used this time to step back from party politics and return next week with a…

Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday that state lawmakers have made progress in ongoing budget talks by at least agreeing on how much things will actually cost.

Washington’s new Secretary of State Kim Wyman is making stops at local colleges today as part of her College Civics Tour.

Gov. Jay Inslee is asking House and Senate budget writers to renew negotiations in earnest as early as Tuesday in hopes of making substantial progress on a deal before lawmakers return for special session.