Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For the first time since 2018, both the Democrats and the Republicans have contested races for the top elected office in the state. On the Democratic side, ...

SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said he is not considering suspending the state’s gas tax, despite rising fuel prices across the region. Ferguson said he heard calls from Republican lawmakers ...

SPOKANE – Gov. Bob Ferguson said Tuesday one of his “top priorities” in the next legislative session will be a statewide ban on K-12 students using their cell phones during school hours. It’s a move ...

A statewide "away for the day" cellphone ban could be coming to Washington public schools as early as next year, officials announced on Tuesday. At a June 9 press conference at Robert Eagle Staff ...

Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday announced that banning cellphone use in kindergarten through 12th grade throughout the school day will be one of his top priorities when lawmakers convene ...

Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra (D) on Thursday advanced to November’s general election in the race to become California’s next governor, according to Decision Desk HQ.

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed an executive order on Monday to support women in the workplace experiencing menopause. The order comes as 38% of working women in ...

Today, I signed an executive order to support women in the workplace who experience perimenopause and menopause symptoms. This will ensure my cabinet agencies have appropriate measures in place to ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson is rejecting a lead Republican’s proposal to temporarily suspend Washington’s cap-and-trade program to decrease prices at the pump. In the last three months, retail gasoline in ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom cannot run again because of term limits. The leading Democrats trying to succeed him are Xavier Becerra, a former California attorney general; and Tom Steyer, a former hedge fund ...

“We’re bracing ourselves for this being the deadliest industrial tragedy in modern Washington state history,” Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said today. The governor spoke at a press conference ...