Lawyers for the State of Washington and the Federal government will be back in a Seattle courtroom this week as the Trump administration seeks to redefine who automatically qualifies for American ...

An effort to legalize marijuana for adults was on the 2024 ballot but fell four percentage points short of the 60% threshold to pass.

The Supreme Court of Maryland on Monday upheld as constitutional the state’s Child Victims Act, which took effect in 2023 and ...

On January 23, 2025, the Washington Supreme Court held that two Washington workers can argue that their former employer imposed ...

A federal judge in Seattle has declared the tribe's nearly 50-year quest for recognition should be considered again, but this ...

High-income earners, retirees and the wealthy have the most to gain from no state income tax, local experts said. Low and middle class people feel more of the burden from sales and property taxes and ...

Burien created an outright prohibition on living outside Monday and at least seven other jurisdictions in Washington created or expanded camping bans in 2024.

County elections officials rejected more than 11,000 mail-in ballots for technical reasons in the November election, including thousands that were determined to violate the requirement for accurate, ...

The law requires people to prove they’re innocent to get paid. Even after their convictions have been set aside, no one has ...

The antiabortion movement is trying hard to block access to abortion pills and restrict telehealth reproductive care. But ...

The Supreme Court took more religious rights cases in recent years than it heard in the previous two decades. Is it eroding ...

The Supreme Court newly empowered the judiciary in reviewing agency regulations. What difference will it make for the tax ...