State air regulators voted last week to update the Low Carbon Fuel Standard to aim to reduce carbon emissions of transportation fuels by 30 percent by 2030.

The city government will discuss a proposed state of emergency over pedestrian and cyclist safety just six days after the city’s 31st traffic death of 2024.

An initiative to cut a carbon tax out of the Washington Climate Commitment Act was soundly rejected by voters. Gov. Jay Inslee sees the margin of defeat as an important message.

Having won a big victory, Donald Trump can claim a mandate. But recent history shows that voters punish politicians who change things too much.

Moderates have been largely squeezed out of political relevance. There is room for a new party, and it would have to start at the state level. It could bring pragmatic solutions to critical problems ...

Voting and election administration became contentious topics after 2020. This time, years of preparation, efforts to improve ...

For decades, young people chose to move to cities and large metros for greater opportunity. Since the pandemic, that ...

Local officials are sorting out the impacts from the approval of 16 propositions. Voters rejected salary increases for ...

After a decade of increasing popularity among endowment funds and pensions, its use in investment decisions is coming under ...

Less than 36 hours after Trump’s resounding victory, the California governor called to bolster the state’s legal resources with the aim of protecting reproductive health care, climate policies and ...

Republicans took control of the Michigan House and will share power in the Minnesota House, blocking the home-state agenda of ...

The new boundary officially returns the pump station on one of the nation’s largest manmade lakes fully back into the Lone Star State.