Washington will more than double the money it sends to counties for public defenders in an attempt to reduce strain on the legal system, state lawmakers decided in the two-year budget they passed ...

WASHINGTON STATE — The Washington Counties Insurance Fund acknowledges tens of thousands of dollars of public funding has gone missing due to a lack of oversight. It comes after the State ...

“They were paying such a small portion of the cost that the increase was going to look large,” said Derek Young, interim director of the Washington State Association of Counties. “In a ...