Gov. Bob Ferguson has appointed former KOMO 4 anchor Mary Nam to the Washington State University Board of Regents, effective June 9.
Governor Ferguson signs executive order to support women with menopause in the workplace
On any given day, menopause and perimenopause affect thousands of women.
“They served us raw meat”: State sues GEO Group over blocked inspections at Tacoma ICE facility
Over the course of just three years, the state has received more than 3,500 complaints about the conditions inside the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.
New law directs stadium tax revenue to CID, Pioneer Square preservation
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on March 25 signed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408, a measure that will direct existing tax revenue to support Historic South Downtown (HSD) for the next 10 years.
“Roads have become a hunting ground”: Protestors demand WA Department of Licensing, Gov. Ferguson stop federal immigration agencies from accessing state license data
As federal agencies continue to besiege immigrant communities across the country, community organizers gathered in front of the Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) office in Tukwila on Thursday to protest the agency repeatedly breaking state law by allowing federal immigration agencies to access driver data.
“ICE is … totally out of control”: Ferguson, Brown outline plans to protect Washingtonians from federal immigration actions
Following the shooting death of 37-year-old V.A. nurse Alex Pretti at the hands of an immigration agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, over the weekend, Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown held a press conference on Monday, Jan. 26 to address the killing.
Washington residents can apply for flood recovery aid
Help is available for people whose homes were damaged by last month’s historic flooding.
Ferguson signs order to boost immigrant protections in Washington
Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday signed an executive order aimed at strengthening protections for immigrant communities across Washington state.
Washingtonians may face more food insecurity, lose jobs, healthcare, from Trump tariffs
If President Donald Trump’s tariff war keeps playing out at current levels, Washington is set to lose as many as 25,000 jobs—even as, at the same time, the cost of groceries for an average family will significantly increase over the next two years, and more families will rely on food banks, which themselves are already facing thinning supplies, as a result of these tariffs.
Ferguson pushes back against empty legal threats in federal AG letter
Joined by several organizations and officials, including the Asian Counselling and Referral Service, state Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, Gov. Bob Ferguson spoke out in an Aug. 19 press conference against a threatening letter Ferguson received from United States Attorney General Pam Bondi.