Washington state faces deficit spending by 2028 as lawmakers just hit taxpayers with the state’s largest combined tax ...

As state lawmakers pared back spending in their budget proposal, they left nearly $171 million in earmarks largely unscathed, ...

Duke Ellington’s birth certificate, Frederick Douglass’s will, and other documents in the DC archives are in a building that ...

Steve Ghan, a retired PNNL scientist and a member of Friends of PNNL, told the Herald the impacts of jobs that would be lost ...

Chairman Phil Mendelson called the DC Council budget proposal, which calls for $1 billion in funding for the new football stadium, a fair compromise.

A few years ago, a woman brought her new baby to Vanessa Behan, a Spokane child care center and family resource organization  open 24 hours, seven days a week. The infant was always fussy at home, and ...

Extreme heat is dangerous, especially for Americans unable to afford air conditioning. Trump's budget proposal could make ...

When policymakers in Washington talk about “efficiency,” “reforms” or “cost savings,” it’s easy to forget who pays the price.

Budget Director Blake Washington said the new law will force the state to backfill $750 million in Medicaid-related costs for ...

Faith leaders will take their protests over federal budget cuts to the South, which has high poverty rates and many who they ...

The D.C. Council is expected to take its first vote Monday on the fiscal 2026 budget, a proposal with major implications for tipped workers and professional sports in the city.