Washington Government News

Oregon State Public Health Division and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials today announced a recall of Sprouter's Northwest brand alfalfa sprouts due to a Salmonellosis outbreak.

The Washington state Supreme Court has upheld a $4.8 million verdict in favor of 11 pipefitters who claimed they were fired for raising safety concerns at the Hanford nuclear reservation.

The Public Disclosure Commission has ruled that an Oregon political action committee must identify donors who are giving money to an assisted suicide initiative campaign in Washington.

Six people were killed and two injured when a man in north-west Washington state went on a shooting rampage, leading authorities on a high-speed car chase before turning himself in.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s profile is on voter ballot envelopes, on metro buses, at the county council chambers, and prominently displayed on the county's Web site.

The Washington State Department of Health has revoked or suspended the licenses, certifications, or registrations of health care providers in our state.

It was as if the Merdeka celebrations had come early to Washington, DC. Last Tuesday, the Malaysian embassy here was transformed into a 'medan selera' . Washingtonians lucky to be invited to the party were ...

Gov. Chris Gregoire has put some Washington state National Guard equipment on standby in case Louisiana needs help dealing with Hurricane Gustav.

The DC Department of Corrections, in conjunction with Washington police, plan to hand out decks of playing cards to help close unsolved criminal cases.

Reaction to Republican presidential candidate John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov.

Dino Rossi's run for governor is getting some financial help, after the Republican's close second-place finish in this month's primary.

Speed, inexperience and rider error are contributing to an increase in motorcycle deaths in Washington, according to new state patrol statistics.

Washington state Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson has advanced to the November general election, and challenger Randy Dorn is in line to advance as well.

More than four years after the state Supreme Court ruled that private companies could not operate out of state prisons, businesses are being to asked to give it a go again.

Some people may lose sleep on the job or even lose the stapler off their desk. Dane Keane loses fingers.

John Naland, president of the American Foreign Service Association, says that diplomats have no intention of complaining about the ban on business class travel.

Phillip Tiger, a Cherokee, didn't really connect with his American Indian heritage until he went to prison.

Washington state lawmakers are backing a bid by Boeing for more time to bid on a $35 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force.

Hispanics give birth to one in every five babies in Washington state, outpacing all other ethnic and racial groups, according to U.S. census and state health statistics.

A fire crew supervisor who admitted lying to investigators about the deaths of four wildland firefighters during a central Washington blaze in 2001 was sentenced to three months of work release Wednesday.