State lawmakers will return to Olympia on Jan. 12 for the start of their short session. With only 60 days to work, they must remain tightly focused on the most critical issue facing Washington: a $2.3 ...

As we kick off a new year, several states are facing revenue shortfalls. Some lawmakers are approaching the challenge with ...

In December, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced $50 billion in funding through the Rural Health ...

Although congressional lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are allowed to run with a budget shortfall, state lawmakers in this ...

At a particularly sensitive political moment for the Climate Commitment Act, state officials acknowledged they've ...

Washington state officials have issued a correction after they were caught exaggerating the benefits of state spending to ...

California and other Western states reject CDC’s scaled-back vaccine guidance, pledging to follow full immunization schedule for kids.

The money comes from a new federal program meant to offset reductions in Medicaid spending approved in Republicans’ ‘big, beautiful bill’ ...

In June, the Washington Supreme Court reduced caseload standards for public defenders by almost two-thirds. Funding is in ...

Officials within the administration of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz enabled some of the state’s now estimated $9 billion in ...

Officials within the administration of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz enabled some of the state’s now estimated $9 billion in ...

ONE YEAR LATER — It’s a heavy day in Los Angeles — the first anniversary of a deadly series of wildfires that tore through ...