Washington's trafficking-awareness laws and posters pointed victims to a help line the state had disconnected, and its required poster went unrevised for a decade.
Yearlong probe finds two WA Fish and Wildlife commissioners routinely broke public-records and open-meetings law; Ferguson won't remove them, only warns them
State audit finds $37 million in 'questionable' Washington child-care subsidy payments in FY2025; DCYF disputes fraud framing but plans to tighten controls
WA Court of Appeals upholds lawmakers' novel 'legislative privilege' to withhold internal records from Public Records Act requests; case now before the state Supreme Court
PDC fines Rep. Shaun Scott's campaign $11,000 after he stipulated to using campaign funds for personal haircuts and filing months-late campaign finance reports
Washington State Ferries abruptly terminated an $8 million ticketing-modernization contract after the vendor says it was set up to fail; Ferry Advisory Committee says it wasn't told