Jay Inslee

Gov. Jay Inslee signed a new stalking-protection law Saturday at Tacoma's Birney Elementary School, just a short distance away from the spot where teacher Jennifer Paulson was shot and killed by an obsessive stalker three years ago. The new law,...

Depending on when state lawmakers resume their work in a looming special session, the chase for campaign cash could kick into high gear as early as Monday -- and the sooner, the better for Senate Democrats. Disarray in their campaign operation has...

The Legislature will wrap up its regular session today, leaving unfinished budget business and a special session on the horizon. House Democrats and a predominantly Republican coalition in the Senate have passed two very different spending plans for the...

In a detached tone, Brianna, a fresh-faced and youthful-looking student, sketched a scene of lost innocence. She was in Seattle on a whim to party with two older guys she barely knew. She'd lied to her parents, telling them she was at a girlfriend's...

The Legislature has given final approval to a bill that requires Washington hospitals to report publicly on a broader range of bloodstream infections acquired by patients while receiving care in virtually all areas of their facilities. The new law,...

The Legislature moved swiftly Friday to fix a problem with the state's new marijuana law that threatened to derail state prosecutions for illegally growing, processing and selling the drug. In a body that faces a special session because of its inability...

Lawmakers are tapping the brakes on a proposal to overhaul the state's drunken-driving laws. The legislation, a priority for Gov. Jay Inslee and lawmakers in both parties, had appeared on a fast track for approval before the regular legislative...

Booze is certainly in the news these days. Nearly every issue of The Chronicle has a listing in its Sirens report of someone getting a DUI. This week, Gov. Jay Inslee signed a law that allows 18-year-olds to taste, then spit out, alcohol in a...

New legislation that would extend online learning opportunities available to public school students to private schools -- potentially adding to a rapidly growing trend -- is headed to Gov. Jay Inslee's desk for a signature. Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia,...

Level Three Sex Offender Registers in Winlock By The Chronicle A level three sex offender recently moved to Winlock and has registered with the Lewis County Sheriff's Office. Steven S. Knittle, 46, has been convicted of several sexual offenses...

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. After eight years that often put them at odds with Gov. Chris Gregoire, Republican state lawmakers praised her to reporters Wednesday as they drew an unflattering comparison with her successor, Jay Inslee, in the two...

With four days left to pass three multibillion-dollar budgets and make the changes in state law that accompany them, House Democrats on Wednesday pushed through a $900million package of tax changes they said would meet a court mandate to improve public...