The state budget outlook is “increasingly bleak,” he said, and the district will closely watch developments in the General Assembly for the remainder of the session. Ball detailed this year ...

Washington Senate and House Democrats propose raising taxes and some budget cuts to balance a $13 billion budget deficit.

Washington's latest official state revenue forecast lopped almost $900 million from projected collections over the next four years.

The news coming out of both capitals — Olympia and Washington, D.C. — has budget writers at the Methow Valley School District (MVSD) bracing for possible cuts, Superintendent Tom Venable said.

Weak population gains and increased government spending will result in slower overall economic growth over the next 30 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday.

Washington state’s transportation budget — like its operating-budget ... collections dropping $845 million from the previous outlook in November. But the transportation-revenue situation ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson did not sign either the House or Senate budget proposals, citing concerns over untested wealth tax and potential federal cuts.

Democrats in the Washington State Senate passed a $78.5 billion operating budget on Saturday that Republicans say relies on the largest tax increase in state history. A much smaller no-new-taxes budget proposed by Senate Republicans was rejected on a party-line vote of 30-19 before the Democrat's budget was approved on a vote