Several new laws and taxes are hitting Washington state in 2026. Many of these will cost consumers and residents more money.

Tax hikes on rental cars and unemployment benefits for workers on strike are among the changes to state law going into effect ...

Washington ringing in a new year also means new laws will be implemented beginning Jan. 1. Read to see the state's most ...

California extended the deadline for 17,000 migrant truck drivers to reapply for commercial licenses, giving them until March ...

Those are just a few of the changes to state law taking effect in Washington on New Year’s Day. Some bills passed in 2025 became law earlier in the year, while others will take years to go into effect ...

The Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program pays anglers for catching northern pikeminnow in the Columbia and Snake rivers.

WASHINGTON, USA — Over a dozen new laws are taking effect in Washington state in 2026. These laws increase protections for ...

All 50 states will be affected by the review, but the Republican administration is focusing most of its ire on the blue state ...

What Happened: On December 16, 2025, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) adopted a new rule – the Battery Stewardship Program, Chapter 173-905 WAC – to implement and clarify requirements ...

Six state legislators representing Southwest Washington wrote the following letter to Gov. Bob Ferguson requesting action following the Dec. 17 closure of the Department of Licensing office in Kelso.

An official with the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday the Trump administration is freezing federal ...

Homeland Security’s SAVE program — Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements — was originally intended to help state and local officials verify the immigration status of individual noncitizens ...