Washington is among the lowest-ranked states on the Tax Foundation’s State Tax Competitiveness Index. The foundation, a nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit, said the list allows policymakers, taxpayers and business leaders to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare.

The company, which is dedicated to bringing live music and entertainment to the Tri-Cities, already has its first big job: taking over Thunder on the Island and The Clover Island Concert Series in Kennewick.

A Tri-Cities family is getting a big boost in their first year of homeownership thanks to a Gesa Credit Union promotion.

It’s been over a decade since Washington legalized recreational marijuana — but the state still isn’t able to reliably track cannabis from production through processing to retail sale. 

The low-carbon nitrate fertilizer produced at a $1.5 billion plant that’s proposed in north Richland has a distributor. 

The State Building Code Council is asking the Legislature to change a law passed earlier this year that limits the ability to change wildfire-related codes.

Federal health authorities have confirmed at least three people in Washington have contracted bird flu after working around poultry with the virus at a commercial egg farm in Franklin County.

Health insurance costs in Washington for small businesses and their employees will increase an average of 11.9% in 2025, according to the state Office of the Insurance Commissioner. 

A Republican from Kennewick has announced that he’ll introduce a bill for the 2025 legislative session to improve the process for siting energy projects such as the Horse Heaven Hills Wind Project.