State Auditor-elect Troy Kelley was fined $200 Thursday by the Public Disclosure Commission for what the commission described as “relatively minor” violations of state disclosure laws.
Three women who helped a Puyallup banker become Pierce County’s king of bad mortgage loans learned Wednesday the price of their perfidy.
The Pierce County Council has approved spending $2 million to open a Sheriff’s Department precinct in the Parkland-Spanaway area.
As part of setting new limits on water pollution based in part on how much fish people eat, state government is convening meetings of interested parties. But the state’s Indian tribes are refusing to participate.
The process to fill outgoing Tacoma City Council member Jake Fey‘s council seat kicks off today, as the city begins advertising for applications to fill the position.
WASHINGTON — With President Barack Obama insisting on higher tax rates for affluent Americans and winning public support for the idea, congressional Republicans find themselves in an increasingly difficult political spot and are quietly beginning the difficult search for a way out.
WASHINGTON – If the nation runs over the “fiscal cliff” Jan. 1, Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire fears the worst for Washington state.
A new requirement for carbon monoxide detectors in Washington homes takes effect on Jan. 1.
The Pacific City Council heard Monday night from residents opposed to the troubled city's annexation by Auburn.
Two Lacey-area women who have been together 31 years will be the first of 10 same-sex couples to receive a marriage license just after midnight Thursday in Thurston County.
There was a time when Washington state led the nation in the percentage of women in the Legislature but now has fallen to 9th. Colorado leads the nation for women in the Legislature.
Pierce County residents have a chance starting today to influence how local leaders tackle the community’s health problems.
In the late-1980s heyday of the anti-drug “Just Say No” campaign, a man calling himself “Jerry” appeared on a Seattle talk radio show to criticize U.S. marijuana laws.
State government has applied for money that could pay for Washington’s first large-scale campaign to enforce its ban on texting behind the wheel.
Pierce County is seeking reimbursement from the state for having to process tens of thousands of Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll infractions last year that were dismissed due to the buggy transition to a new tolling contractor.
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