SEATTLE — There is a bill moving through the Washington state Legislature that would raise the cap on property taxes from 1% ...

Ruling Democrats in Olympia should, at a minimum, cap proposed benefits at four weeks if they insist on passing an untested ...

Monthly unemployment rates for Whatcom County and Bellingham increased in February, while Washington’s rate also increased and rose to the 13th highest rate in the country. Whatcom County had a 5.5% ...

Demanding answers to an early morning ICE raid in Bellingham on Wednesday that apprehended 37 undocumented individuals ...

U.S. employers added 228k jobs in March amid federal layoffs and tariff announcements. Job growth in Washington is off to a ...

The downsizing of government operations under the Trump administration has wide-reaching consequences for public ...

In February 2025, the labor market in Washington state revealed a discouraging trend, as the state experienced a decline in nonfarm employment paired with a slow rise in the unemployment rate, ...

Figures released by a state agency last month showed workers in Pacific County brought home heftier paychecks last summer than the year prior, continuing a streak of strong post-pandemic wage growth.

Washington lawmakers have been waiting on a new set of state revenue estimates as they put the final touches on budget proposals expected next week. Those figures arrived Tuesday and further ...

January 2025 Unemployment rates by county Washington State Employment Security Department ESDWAGOV In December, Whatcom County’s unemployment rate was 4.7% with 5,217 residents receiving ...

President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order eliminating diversity programming at the State Department, wiping out the Biden administration’s initiative to remove barriers to employment ...

Farmers and rural residents say the changes don't "pass the pub test", but others are hopeful for the future. The appointment of state ministers for each of WA's regions has been met with mixed ...