Jim Brunner

Board finds reasonable cause Ferguson violated ethics law A state ethics watchdog has found reasonable cause” to believe Gov. Bob Ferguson violated state ethics law by bringing his former top aide onto a state plane last year. The Washington State Executi... See more

Gov. Bob Ferguson has thrown his support behind an income tax on millionaires, backing what would be a seismic shift in Washington’s tax code. At a budget news conference Tuesday, Ferguson said he’ll back a proposal brewing among legislative Democrats tha... See more

President Donald Trump has granted Washington’s request for an emergency declaration in response to this week’s devastating flooding, according to Gov. Bob Ferguson. Ferguson said he received a phone call from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in... See more

Six years ago, California created a $21 billion fund to cover lawsuit payouts over utility-sparked wildfires that burned thousands out of their homes and bankrupted the nation’s largest investor-owned utility. The growing threat of such catastrophic wildf... See more

Two unidentified people who gave water to a bat near Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle may have been exposed to rabies, public health officials say. The bat was found Tuesday in the 1700 block of Boyer Avenue East, a residential road near the arboretum... See more