Jay Inslee

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust." "I hit the brakes and we went off," Sligh told reporters from a...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The Interstate 5 bridge collapse into the Skagit River was caused by an oversize truck hitting the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said. "For reasons unknown at this point in time the semi struck the overhead...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights established by the Supreme Court in the landmark ruling that still defines one of the...

Republicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections. Eleven states held governors' races Tuesday. Democrats...

In a fundraising rally at Seattle's Paramount Theatre Thursday, President Barack Obama focused largely on the economy and cited the differences between himself and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney rather than speaking at length on his recently...

The most competitive congressional race in Washington this year comes in a newly redrawn district. The new 1st Congressional District will run from Redmond all the way up to the Canadian border. It’s the seat that Jay Inslee recently vacated to...

Former Democratic Congressman Jay Inslee and state Attorney General Rob McKenna won the top two spots in Washington's gubernatorial primary election Tuesday and will face off in November in what is expected to be one of the closest races for governor in...

There's a passage at the end of "Auto-Tune the News #4," one of the Gregory Brothers' slightly less popular videos (it's been viewed roughly 750k times, compared with 30 million views of their "Double Rainbow Song"), when former House Speaker Newt...

Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., who is running for governor, will have Eliot Spitzer hosting a New York fundraiser for him March 5, with tickets ranging from $1,000 to $3,600, Inslee spokeswoman Jaime Smith confirmed Friday. It's Spitzer's first step back...

Starting next year, Washington will have a new, 10th Congressional District centered in Olympia and incorporating much of South Puget Sound.  On Wednesday, two members of the bipartisan State Redistricting Commission unveiled new boundaries for all of...

The Washington Education Association endorsed Democrat Jay Inslee in the gubernatorial race Saturday after meeting with him. Republican candidate Rob McKenna canceled his appearance before the state's teacher's union. “I’m incredibly...

On the steps of the nation's capitol and across the country; there is heavy mix of shock and sadness.  Members of Congress from from western Washington and other leaders immediately issued statements denouncing the violence and expressing concern for...