Bob Ferguson

Our Washington State Department of Transportation crews answered the call.

From Yakima to Enumclaw, state employees and our partners worked under challenging conditions and cleared 97 roads in just four weeks.

This is a decision between upholding the tax and moving our state forward by making life more affordable for Washingtonians, or rejecting it and going backwards.

Let’s be honest: 40th is not gonna get the job done,

If you’re a business owner, you’ll benefit from this. If you’re one of those 500,000 families, you will benefit from this. If you have a kid who’s in our education system, you will benefit from this in so many ways.

Washington state is literally the most generous state in the entire country for providing financial assistance,

with Initiative 645, voters will have a decision between upholding the tax and “moving our state forward by making life more affordable for Washingtonians,” or rejecting it and “going backwards.”

The GEO Group is not above the law.

I’d be surprised if we get a few years down the road, and other states aren’t starting to follow this model.

We need to make sure we’re addressing our long-term budget situation in a sustainable way.

But we cannot take our strength for granted, and indeed we have many challenges.

There’s a simple call they can make: the White House.

If I hear one more Republican legislator complain about gas prices, I’m going to lose my mind.

Science supports a phone-free school environment. No single policy can solve every challenge in education, but this one will make a big difference in our students’ social and academic engagement.

preserve core services, protect our state’s most vulnerable, don’t raise taxes, and address the structural challenges in our budget to achieve long-term financial stability

the shortfall will be significant

my goals for drafting the state’s next budget are to preserve core services, protect our state’s most vulnerable, don’t raise taxes, and address the structural challenges in our budget to achieve long-term financial stability.

I vow to veto ANY attempt to lower the threshold or raise the rate of this tax as long as I’m governor.

We take public safety seriously, and work with federal partners to voluntarily provide hundreds of undercover plates every year for criminal investigations.

That is unacceptable.

The explosion was the deadliest industrial accident in modern Washington history.

The explosion is the 'deadliest industrial accident in modern Washington history'

I'm deeply saddened to hear that there have been fatalities.

On behalf of the people in the state of Washington, I want all those individuals to know that we stand with you.

We’re bracing ourselves for this being the deadliest industrial tragedy in modern Washington state history.