The Olympia City Council is set to consider more tenant protections this spring and summer, this time aimed at homeownership opportunities and safeguards for manufactured homes and communities.

While affordable housing advocates across the state have been cheering on Washington's rent stabilization bill in Olympia, so ...

A competing bill by state Sen. Jeff Holy, a Cheney Republican, would also create a $100 million law-enforcement-focused state ...

House Bill 1175 would have required cities across Washington to allow cafes and stores in all residential areas, superseding ...

Olympia code is being amended to address missing ... allow middle housing in areas that typically have only single-family homes. Middle housing includes duplexes, triplexes, townhomes and more.

Two-thirds of Washington nursing home residents rely on Medicaid funding. But our investments in that program have stopped keeping up with the times.

The bill passed 53-42 with Democratic support and now heads to the state Senate. Housing built less than 12 years ago would ...

Access to facilities, including restrooms and trails, could be limited at national parks and U.S. Forest Service lands, ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A Senate bill that would regulate ... so many people rely on woodstoves and pellet stoves to heat their homes,” Short said. “I am sure it is a relief as well for stove ...

Andrew Barkis, an Olympia Republican, HB 1096 would peel back unnecessary red tape and boost Washington’s housing supply by letting homeowners build new homes via a streamlined lot-splitting ...

Washington has recorded 11 confirmed and three probable human cases of bird flu since the start of 2024. Nationwide, 70 confirmed and seven probable cases have been recorded, with one death in ...