An order issued Friday by a U.S. District Court judge in Seattle will unseat one of the most productive freshman lawmakers in the Washington Legislature. State Sen. Nikki Torres, R-Pasco, says a new ...

Sure, everybody knows nowadays to “Say WA,” but the convoluted history of abbreviations for the Evergreen State demands a full accounting. Or at least an abbreviated one. The name of our state — ...

A controversial, court-ordered redrawing of Washington’s political maps has survived another round in a lengthy legal fight. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the revised ...

You may have already visited the Evergreen State’s “Big Bend Country” without even knowing you were there. “The Big Bend country of Washington comprises all that land lying within the bend of the ...