Six cities saw an increase in homicides from 2023 to 2024, according to a study by the Council on Criminal Justice.

Two of Seattle's most crime-ridden areas are looking much brighter following the introduction of festive lights that now span above entire blocks of the city.

Ray said Olympia joins only three other places in the U.S. that have declared themselves a sanctuary city or state for queer people. They are New York State, Kansas City, and Ithaca, New York, she ...

Executive Order 25-01 directs the Washington State Department of Health to host a roundtable with medical providers, reproductive health experts, and policy makers to recommend strategies for ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — New legislation in Olympia centers around date rape and drink spiking. Washington Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond) is sponsoring a bill requiring bars, nightclubs and other ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Just one day into the new legislative session, Washington lawmakers are proposing new gun control measures. The action comes on the heels of a violent shootout along Aurora ...

(The Center Square) – A Washington bill would broaden the definition of a “hate crime” under state law so that it does not need to be the only motivating factor for a defendant in a court ...

(The Center Square) – A Washington bill would broaden the definition of a “hate crime” under state law so that it does not need to be the only motivating factor for a defendant in a court case in ...

The Washington House of Representatives meets in the state capitol building in Olympia, Washington. All 98 seats in the Washington House of Representatives were up for election in 2024. The chamber's ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington’s state superintendent is considering a rule change that, for the first time, would set a minimum for school lunch periods in the state’s nearly 300 school districts.

Advocates and agencies are asking lawmakers in Olympia ... of Crime Act, advocates like Redden are pushing for stabilization funding from the state to keep these programs afloat. Washington ...

Within minutes of his inauguration Monday, new Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe unleashed a volley of orders targeting crime. The tone-setting move reflects a national trend. After a period of relaxed ...