Inheriting a $16 billion budget shortfall was not the way I wanted to start as governor,” Bob Ferguson said Tuesday.

Gov. Bob Ferguson has styled himself a fiscal reformer, but he led the way on a budget gimmick that ignores some $500 million ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has signed one of the most hotly debated pieces of legislation—the state’s operating budget.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the 2025-2027 state operating budget into law Tuesday without making ...

Before Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the next state budget on Tuesday, he vetoed a few dozen spending provisions ...

Tuesday is the deadline for Gov. Bob Ferguson to sign Washington state's nearly $78 billion, two-year budget passed by the ...

The day after Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law a two-year, $78 billion operating budget that amounts to the ...

The $78 billion two-year budget raises state spending by billions of dollars, funding pay raises for state workers and ...

With $9 billion in new taxes now part of the new state budget, people in Washington will be paying more for many essentials.

What pen a governor uses to sign laws might not seem that important — but it’s a token and often an extension of who they are ...

But Ferguson also didn’t deny the likely impact on most Washington residents from the $9 billion package, or on the business ...

A clearer picture of Washington state's leadership emerges after Bob Ferguson's first session and budget as governor.