Inheriting a $16 billion budget shortfall was not the way I wanted to start as governor,” Bob Ferguson said Tuesday.

The new governor put some clear guardrails around the Legislature's budget debate. But his close-to-the-vest style has left ...

Before Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the next state budget on Tuesday, he vetoed a few dozen spending provisions ...

Bob Ferguson’s pen has been getting lots of ... Beth Doglio of Olympia, who originally introduced the legislation several years ago. The law, which takes effect July 27, requires baby-diaper ...