Lawmakers abandon extending the beer tax, which one budget writer thinks might have been subjected to a ballot challenge from large brewers.

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee passed on Monday a ban on gender-specific words in state laws, calling for the rewrite of legislation that mention terms like "fisherman" and "freshman." Now state officials will have to go back and replace the texts with words like "fisher" and "first-year student," the Toronto ...

A transportation revenue package funding several large highway projects and paid for in part by a 10-cent increase in Washington state's gas tax advanced from a House committee Monday. Among the projects ...

By Laura L. Myers SEATTLE, April 22 (Reuters) - Washington state's governor signed into law on Monday the final piece of a six-year effort to rewrite state laws using gender-neutral vocabulary, replacing terms such as "fisherman" and "freshman" with "fisher" and "first-year student."

WASHINGTON, April 23 — Washington state’s governor signed into law yesterday the final piece of a six-year effort to rewrite state laws using gender-neutral vocabulary, replacing terms such as “fisherman” and “freshman” with “fisher” and “first-year student.” Lawmakers have passed a series of bills since 2007 to root out gender bias from ...        

Waves crash against Cape Disappointment's rocky cliffs below a lighthouse near the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Ilwaco, with the mouth of the Columbia River and the Oregon coastline visible in the background.

Waves crash against Cape Disappointment's rocky cliffs below a lighthouse near the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Ilwaco, with the mouth of the Columbia River and the Oregon coastline visible in the background.

By Laura L. Myers SEATTLE (Reuters) - Washington state's governor signed into law on Monday the final piece of a six-year effort to rewrite state laws using gender-neutral vocabulary, replacing terms such as "fisherman" and "freshman" with "fisher" and "first-year student." Lawmakers have passed a series of bills since 2007 to root out gender bias from Washington statutes, though a 1983 state ...

Waves crash against Cape Disappointment's rocky cliffs below a lighthouse near the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Ilwaco, with the mouth of the Columbia River and the Oregon coastline visible in the background.

Waves crash against Cape Disappointment's rocky cliffs below a lighthouse near the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Ilwaco, with the mouth of the Columbia River and the Oregon coastline visible in the background.

A lockdown continues at the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla after a fight between inmates over the weekend.

Washington state science teacher wins national Teacher of the Year honor        

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state science teacher who helped transform his small school into a place where nearly every student graduates with some college credit was named as national teacher of the year.