The Seattle City Council passed a bill Tuesday allowing police officers — in limited cases — to use weapons like tear gas, ...

The Tacoma City Council passed a resolution supporting statewide decriminalization of plant- and fungi-based psychedelics.

Previous legislation—passed as a result of public outcry—had all but barred the use of less-lethal weapons such as tear gas ...

A bill known as the Traffic Safety for All Act would restrict Washington police officers from pulling people over for nonmoving violations.

A Washington state man is accused of assaulting two teenage referees during his son's youth hockey game in an "unprovoked" attack, according to law enforcement.

An Albuquerque attorney who investigators alleged was at the center of a sweeping corruption scandal that allowed people ...

Washington state Democrats are moving ahead with plans to pass legislation that would raise annual caps on property taxes to ...

SEATTLE — The parent of one of the two young referees assaulted during a youth hockey game at the Kraken Community Iceplex says their son is just 12 years old, not 13 as initially reported.

Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation that would write definitions of male and female into state ...

Nothing is certain except for death and taxes” — and fierce resistance to raising them. Such tax-hike aversion was on display Tuesday at the state Capitol at a public hearing on a bill that would ...

RENTON, Wash. — A Renton man is now officially charged with assault after two teen referees were pushed to the ice during a youth hockey game at the Kraken Community Iceplex Sunday. Forty-two-year-old ...

Meet Ryan! He’s a 4 ½-year-old yellow English Labrador Retriever who provides comfort to victims of sexual assault and abuse.