Yakima Herald-RepublicPolitics
A judge ruled Friday that an eastern Washington county illegally aided federal immigration enforcement, in violation of a landmark state law restricting such coordination.
Yakima Herald-RepublicPolitics
Was it the party chair? The money? Trump? Exactly how did the GOP slide into superminority status in the Washington House?
Yakima Herald-RepublicPolitics
A man once described by President Barack Obama as "a much-needed voice for the nation
Yakima Herald-RepublicPolitics
Community members remembered former congressman Sid Morrison as a thoughtful and influential lawmaker who was a dedicated advocate for Central Washington.
ColumbianPolitics
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats have alerted more than 60 companies, individuals and agencies that they are potential targets of investigations into the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific
ColumbianPolitics
When Jaelynn Scott arrives in Olympia in January, she doesn’t want to be labeled a one-note legislator.
ColumbianPolitics
WASHINGTON — In his first week in office, President Joe Biden told reporters that his immediate predecessor, Donald Trump, had left him a “very generous letter” in the Oval Office. Since then, Biden h
ColumbianPolitics
Democrats’ surprising midterm victories in states that had long seemed out of reach for them have dangled a fundamental question in front of both parties, one with major implications for the 2028 presidential election and maybe for the country’s understanding of itself: Could America’s political map, long defined by tribalism and calcification, be changing?
ColumbianPolitics
Much of the midterm “blue tsunami” came from diverse, enthusiastic young voters with financial struggles who flocked to the polls, and also Trump voters sitting out the election, according to two expe
Wenatchee WorldPolitics
Representative-elect Stacy Willoughby reacts to winning her campaign for District 12 Representative, Position 1.
Wenatchee WorldPolitics
Representative-elect Stacy Willoughby reacts to winning her campaign for District 12 Represe…
Wenatchee WorldPolitics
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is appointing an outside law firm to defend state Initiative 638, the ban on transgender girls in K-12 girls sports that 56% of voters approved