Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office says it is weighing all the evidence ahead of the planned release of convicted ...

Other 2025 Earth Award winners include actor and environmentalist Rainn Wilson, who starred as Dwight Schrute in NBC’s “The Office,” environmental justice leader Catherine Coleman Flowers and former U ...

His predecessor, Jay Inslee, agreed to release Timothy Pauley from prison as part of a pardon that was signed before he left office. Pauley was convicted in the murder of three people at the Barn ...

Gov. Jay Inslee signed a proclamation on Tuesday declaring a state of emergency in the aftermath of November’s bomb cyclone storm that caused massive damage in western Washington. The ...

Wildfire season in Eastern Washington hits hard in the summer. Last summer, numerous fires blazed in the region, including one near the Hanford site, one near Lyons Ferry State Park, and others closer ...

Debate over the issue stems from Republican criticism of former Gov. Jay Inslee’s use of emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ferguson released his statement hours after the Standard ...

“I am really hopeful that people understand that quietude and passivity are just as bad as active collaboration,” says former Governor of Washington Jay Inslee. “If you know a college ...

Jay Inslee, who broadly exercised emergency powers as governor for more than two years in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Inslee showed little interest in limiting those powers, which he ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson's pledge to limit his own emergency powers comes after legislation he backed faltered amid tension with fellow Democrats.