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  Can Washington state lawmakers cut their way out of a $2 billion shortfall?

  Washington state's 60-day legislative session started Monday in Olympia with lawmakers facing a $2 billion budget shortfall. Washington State Standard reporter Jerry Cornfield has been following lawmakers' attempts to soften the blow.

  • Kim Malcolm
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  New sales tax on services in Washington takes effect Wednesday

  A slate of other tax and fee hikes also kicks in Oct. 1, including on major financial institutions and to fund transportation.

  • Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
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  Looks like they made it, or not. Highlights from Washington's 2025 legislative session

  The work of governing a state comes to a pinnacle every year when the governor signs or vetoes legislation. Nearly 500 bills were completed this session in Olympia. That’s a lot to keep track of. To focus on some highlights, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm spoke to Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay.

  • Jeanie Lindsay
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  With clock ticking, WA lawmakers race to cover $16 billion shortfall in budget plan

  With a potential $16 billion shortfall looming, legislators in Olympia are scrambling to find budget fixes with less than two weeks left in the session. Jerry Cornfield writes for The Washington State Standard. He spoke to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about his new article, which outlines the latest options being considered.

  • John O'Brien
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  Late Washington state powerbroker Frank Chopp left a lasting legacy

  Pluribus News staff writer and former longtime public radio Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins covered Chopp for many years. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to him about the influential legislator's legacy.

  • John O'Brien
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  Rent cap, parents rights survive key cutoff deadline in WA Legislature

  With lawmakers in Olympia just past the halfway point of this year’s legislative session, scores of policy proposals have been left behind. Here's what made it through the cutoff and what didn't.

  • Jeanie Lindsay
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  Olympia protest joins national day of action in state capitols across the USA

  After a viral online organizing campaign, hundreds rallied in Olympia Wednesday, protesting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk as part of a national day of action.

  • Jeanie Lindsay
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  Credit card convenience comes at a price. This Olympia bill aims to change that

  A Washington state senator wants to bar credit card bar fees on sales taxes and gratuities.

  • Ruby de Luna
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  First bills drop ahead of Washington's 2025 legislative session

  Washington lawmakers have begun teeing up legislation ahead of the 2025 session. Permanent standard time, immigration policies and fentanyl penalties were among the proposals prefiled on Monday, Dec. 2.

  • Washington State Standard
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  What's an 'entheogen'? Magic mushrooms are now a low priority in Olympia

  The Olympia City Council has knocked psilocybin, and similar drugs, down to a "low enforcement priority" for Olympia police, essentially decriminalizing the drugs in the city.

  • Dyer Oxley

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