A federal appeals court has ruled that imprisoned felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rights Act.

Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna says the state's share of a nationwide settlement with Pfizer Inc. is $9 million.

If you're going to give some of your hard earned cash to charity, you want to know they're making the most of it.

The execution team at the pen recently resigned. The four people would have administered lethal injections to death row inmates.

Parents who homeschool their children have asked Washington lawmakers to exempt their registration forms from state public disclosure laws. The Legislature appears poised to grant their request.

The Indianapolis-based company is paying about $800 million nationwide to settle civil suits over marketing of the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa for unapproved use, including depression and nausea.

An anti-religion billboard in the Washington state Capitol has started a firestorm on national television. Fox News' Bill O'Reilly had an eight-minute segment on his show Tuesday night decrying the inclusion of the atheistic billboard along with the traditional holiday display.

A federal judge has indefinitely delayed the execution of Darold Stenson for the 1993 shooting deaths of his wife and a business partner. Stenson was on track to be the first inmate put to death in Washington state since 2001.

The Department of Energy and state officials entered negotiations in 2007 over missed cleanup deadlines at the highly contaminated site. The two sides have failed to reach an agreement, and the state notified Energy Department officials Monday night that it would file suit.

Some now fear their wells could dry up if a 30,000-head feedlot moves onto neighboring land in southeast Washington's Franklin County.

State schools chief Terry Bergeson and Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland were locked in tough re-election fights Tuesday, while Democrat Jim McIntire and Republican Allan Martin squared off for the vacant state treasurer's office.

It's four more years for Republican state Attorney General Rob McKenna. McKenna easily defeated Democratic Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg on Tuesday, 59 percent to 41 percent.