Inheriting a $16 billion budget shortfall was not the way I wanted to start as governor,” Bob Ferguson said Tuesday.

Gov. Bob Ferguson has styled himself a fiscal reformer, but he led the way on a budget gimmick that ignores some $500 million ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has signed one of the most hotly debated pieces of legislation—the state’s operating budget.

The $78 billion two-year budget raises state spending by billions of dollars, funding pay raises for state workers and ...

I think this is about the sentiment that it shows toward police officers on the street: that we recognize that we’re way far ...

Before Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the next state budget on Tuesday, he vetoed a few dozen spending provisions ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson entered office warning that a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall would require spending cuts ...

With $9 billion in new taxes now part of the new state budget, people in Washington will be paying more for many essentials.

What pen a governor uses to sign laws might not seem that important — but it’s a token and often an extension of who they are ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the 2025-2027 state operating budget into law Tuesday without making ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson kept Washington guessing for weeks: Would he sign state lawmakers’ final $78 billion operating budget, or wouldn’t he? Tuesday finally brought answers — even if they didn ...

A slate of new taxes are coming to Washington after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the state's new budget into law Tuesday.