The Washington governor had previously said he wouldn’t sign off on either of the chambers’ initial budget proposals.

During an April, 1 2025 press conference in Olympia, Gov.Bob Ferguson updated the current state operating budget numbers. Joining him was KD Chapman-See, Director of the Office of Financial ...

KING 5 Weekend Morning anchor Farah Jadran's exclusive one-on-one with Gov. Ferguson covering a possible special session, new ...

No cuts, no furloughs. Tax, tax the rich!” WFSE members and supporters chanted at the state Capitol on Wednesday.

Legislators have until April 27 to pass a new budget. Whether Gov. Bob Ferguson signs it, is a different matter. Ferguson and Democratic state lawmakers continue to butt heads on the best way to ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson said Thursday that House and Senate Democrats’ latest revenue proposal, which would raise roughly $12 billion over four years, is “too risky.” The governor said in his view, the new ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson on Thursday criticized a four-year, $12 billion tax proposal from legislative Democrats as “too risky,” arguing it would set the state on an unsustainable fiscal path ahead ...

Democratic Governor Bob Ferguson says he’s rejecting them both. “We cannot adopt a budget with anywhere near the level of taxes currently proposed by the House and Senate,” he said.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Bob Ferguson signed four more bills into law on Tuesday, after signing 14 on Monday and 10 others on Friday. April 11 HB 1553 - Extending the dairy inspection program until ...