It’s more lackluster news for Democratic lawmakers and the new governor who are already trying to close a sizable shortfall.

Washington state’s budget problem just got a little worse. Almost $1 billion worse, according to budget forecasters. The ...

Senate Democrats in Washington state are proposing tax increases targeting some of the wealthiest residents and companies in ...

Microsoft President Brad Smith (left) interviewed by GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop at GeekWire's Microsoft@50 event at Town ...

District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair ...

Strapped for cash and searching for ways to cut spending, the job for budget writers in Washington became that much more ...

Federal funding accounts for over a third of Gov. Hochul's spending plan. Are lawmakers ready for federal cuts?

U.S. shoppers stepped up their spending just a bit in February after a sharp pullback the previous month, signaling that ...

Republicans omitted a standard provision approving the District’s budget in a stopgap funding measure needed to avert a ...

Although the 2021 Climate Commitment Act’s primary goal is to reduce carbon emissions, supporters defending it against a ...

In 2020, there were five U.S. entries among the cities with the biggest consumer spending in the world. This will grow to six ...

Chinese officials have announced a comprehensive plan to boost domestic consumer spending, a strategic move that comes as ...