Christine Gregoire News

Al Franken was given a Senate victory in Minnesota giving the Democrats their magic 60-vote majority.

Gov. Chris Gregoire is making sure Washington doesna t get internationally left out in the rain.

Following the most recent session, I authored an opinion piece in which I listed good and bad business bills considered by the Legislature, including Senate Bill 5735.

Governor Chris Gregoire is in Washington D.C. Wednesday to meet with President Obama and other governors over health care.

Washington's treasury is expected to take a $482 million hit through 2011. The state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council received the update Thursday by chief economist Arun Raha.

The $54 million tunnel project, started in July 2007 to route ferry traffic away from pedestrian traffic in the Bremerton downtown area, is near completion and ready for the July 6 grand opening.

Last month Governor Gregoire signed a law which gives samesex domestic partnerships the same rights as married couples.

In his op-ed "Governor right to show leadership on climate change," Sierra Club western director Dan Ritzman says it is unnecessary to question whether the governor has the legal authority to use an executive order to implement the provisions of a cap-and-trade bill that was rejected by the Legislature.

The KING 5 Investigators are exposing more problems in the case of "Poca," the 4-year-old child from Snohomish County who was abruptly taken from her foster parents more than a month ago.

For all of you concerned about the future of Boeing and 600-plus other aerospace firms in Washington, get out your calendars.

As U.S. and Western European leaders gather in France at the U.S. military cemetery above Omaha Beach, Gov.

Washington Governor Christine Gregoire calls it an unprecedented trip: two days, and seven one-on-one meetings with members of President Obama's young cabinet.

Usually when environmentalists talk about flying and climate-change the discussion focuses on getting rid of executive aircraft, not saving them.

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire issued an executive order directing a variety of state actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions including continued participation in the Western Climate Initiative to develop a regional greenhouse has emissions reduction program; an increase in transportation and fuel-conservation options including a low-carbon fuel ...

REDFISH LAKE, Idaho -- At a weir near here, hand-drawn signs have carried an unusual message to marine life: They have urged salmon to have sex, or to be precise: "Spawn your brains out!" One year, only a single sockeye salmon -- "Lonesome Larry" -- navigated nearly 900 miles in three great rivers, and made it past eight dams, to the ...

It's not marriage. But a new law in Washington state will soon give gay and lesbian couples the same legal rights as married couples.

It's not marriage. But a new law in Washington state will soon give gay and lesbian couples the same legal rights as married couples.

Washington has a new head of the largest agency in the state and Tuesday she met with KING 5. The new secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services says priority number one is resolving the case of "Poca," a 4-year-old foster child who, the KING 5 Investigators have found, has been failed by the system.

Just got word that Gov. Christine Gregoire has vetoed the portion of Senate Bill 5433 that would have given King County Metro the ability to put a $20 car tab fee on the ballot to help fill its estimated $100 million funding shortfall.

The "Everything But Marriage" domestic partnerships bill is expected to be signed into law Monday by Governor Christine Gregoire, expanding the rights to gay couples across Washington State.