Throughout his first term, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to withhold federal disaster aid from Democrat-led states and cities. In some cases - like in response to Washington’s devastating wildfires in 2020 - Trump actually did deny aid,

A former governor of Washington has ripped into the GOP for suggesting there should be strings attached to aid in the wake of some of the most devastating wildfires in U.S. history. Speaking with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on Friday,

In his final State of the State address to a joint session of the Washington Legislature, Governor Jay Inslee made a passionate plea to safeguard the state’s progressive achievements and protect vulnerable communities from the brunt of looming budget challenges.

Gov. Jay Inslee, who’s led Washington state for the past dozen years, delivered his final State of the State address Tuesday morning. Its theme? Progress.

Climate and clean energy drew Inslee’s intense focus, while critics point to the state’s troubles in education, homelessness and ferries.

On his last full day in office, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee offered $15 million in cap-and-trade funds to advance a Danish investment firm's plan to build a renewable energy project in Central Washington.

In his final State of the State address to a joint session of the Washington Legislature, Governor Jay Inslee made a passionate plea to safeguard the state’s progressive achievements and protect ...

Sunny Jay went out the way he came in: mostly sunny. Though with some scattered shade. “I wish I lived in Jay Inslee’s version of Washington, full of puppies and rainbows,” quipped Republican state Rep. Drew Stokesbary, of Auburn, after listening to Inslee’s farewell State of the State speech Tuesday.

In addition to Dye’s bill, Sen. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick, has filed Senate Bill 5015 to limit the governor’s authority by giving the final say for new energy projects to the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC.

Gov. Bob Ferguson suggested cutting 6% of the state’s budget to offset shortfalls, but lawmakers on both sides said fire suppression funds should not be touched

There is growing unease among other blue-state Democrats that threats to condition disaster assistance will not be unique to California.