The state's two-year operating budget was roughly $38 billion when Inslee took office in 2013. Since then the budget has increased to $75.5 billion, though it is facing a multibillion deficit for ...

Gov. Jay Inslee, who’s led Washington state for the past dozen years, delivered his final State of the State address Tuesday morning. Its theme? Progress. Inslee’s remarks came during a joint ...

Gov. Jay Inslee entered office a dozen years ago vowing to not raise taxes as Washington emerged from a devastating recession during which state programs and services were slashed to make ends meet.

Jay Inslee on Tuesday unveiled his ideas to help fill it. One major suggestion: imposing a new wealth tax. Such a tax would affect some 3,400 of the state’s uber-wealthy residents, according to ...

To address a $12 billion budget gap, Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a 1% wealth tax on the state's richest residents, according to a budget proposal released Tuesday morning. As one of Inslee's last ...

Democrats suggest new business, capital gains and property taxes that add about $12 billion in new revenue for the state ...

The state is getting a new governor for the first time in a dozen years. Democrat Jay Inslee will be exiting the governor’s mansion as Bob Ferguson, the state’s longtime attorney general ...

In one of his last official acts before Gov. Jay Inslee retires from state leadership, he approved the Wautoma Solar Project proposed for a remote corner of Benton County. It is one of nine ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson now faces many of the same challenges Jay Inslee faced when he took office 12 years ago. Similar issues in 2024 and 2013 include a state budget deficit and looming ...

President and CEO of American Forests, the oldest forest conservation non-governmental organization in the U.S., Jad Daley, ...