Bob Ferguson

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.

That is unacceptable.

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

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

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

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

My prayers are with the families of those lost in this tragedy.

These are systemic vulnerabilities that predictably produce recurring damage under foreseeable conditions.

Our goal is to make sure that everybody who’s impacted by the flood realizes this is going on.

We’re looking at ways to look into the next disaster, which unfortunately someday that’s going to come, to see if we can improve that in some way.

I was surprised how limited that was, and even those limited dollars, how narrow it is to get those dollars out the door.

We do not expect disruption to our operations at Seattle-Tacoma international airport through the Thanksgiving travel week.

Changing the maps would be all but impossible.

The public would likely face severe consequences if the CDC becomes a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science.

The Trump administration's cruel immigration policies now extend to individuals fighting forest fires.

We look forward to protecting Washington kids from sexual abuse in the face of this 'investigation' from the Trump Administration.