Seattle Times data journalist Manuel Villa breaks down pension spiking, and how it affects retirement funds in Washington State.

Lawmakers in Washington state approved a measure to allow striking workers to collect unemployment benefits, a topic that has proven contentious among state leaders to the south. Washington’s Senate ...

State lawmakers are nearing final passage of a budget deal that would raise taxes in Washington while trimming some spending.

Lawmakers in the House and Senate have struck an agreement to provide up to six weeks of unemployment insurance for striking workers.

Hundreds of Washington state workers descended on the Capitol on Wednesday, staging a sit-in outside the governor’s office and a march to the gates of the executive mansion to protest potential ...

Most are migrant farm workers. He said their staff is working with the immigrants who’ve had their status revoked to help them find legal avenues for them to remain living and working in the U.S ...

and led to WA safety authorities ordering a temporary closure last month. Mr Ellison, who founded the business that grew into MinRes with $10,000 in 1992, told workers the company had been through ...

Protest erupts at WA Capitol, as outraged state workers slam Ferguson over furlough plan Free “I think we made our message clear,” said a union leader after making his way inside the governor ...