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 ...

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

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

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

Tuesday is the deadline for Gov. Bob Ferguson to sign Washington state's nearly $78 billion, two-year budget passed by the ...

A six-cent increase to the gas tax and boosts to business taxes are part of the $77.8 billion two-year budget signed May 20.

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

But Ferguson also didn’t deny the likely impact on most Washington residents from the $9 billion package, or on the business ...

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 ...

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

A clearer picture of Washington state's leadership emerges after Bob Ferguson's first session and budget as governor.