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The state House of Representatives, on a bipartisan first-day vote Monday, passed the Washington Dream Act, which would make undocumented students eligible to apply for state grant money to attend college.

The Legislature meets for a 60-day session this year to take up issues including transportation, mental health, medical marijuana, state pensions, abortion and tuition assistance for students who aren’t legal residents.

Democrats control the House and governor’s…

Gov. Jay Inslee gave final approval Monday to a package of tax breaks for Boeing Co. in hopes of landing the company's new 777X, signing legislation at Seattle's Museum of Flight at Boeing Field.

Now attention is focused on a contract vote later this week by the Machinists union…

The panels scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 7, for the Ralph Munro Seminar for Civic Education have been cancelled due to a special session of the Washington State Legislature.

Seminar host Western Washington University canceled the Thursday panels because some of the scheduled speakers,…

Gov. Jay Inslee wants the Legislature to pass a $10 billion transportation-tax package within a week as part of a special session that’s also supposed to extend tax breaks for the aerospace industry, namely Boeing.

But it’s not clear that’s a realistic goal,…

Voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, to turn in their ballots at drop-box locations throughout the county. The Whatcom County Auditor's Office recommends against mailing them at this point because there's a possibility they will not be postmarked in time to be valid.

As Washington's prepaid tuition program opens its doors to new investors Friday, parents may wonder if it's a good way to save for college.

The answer depends on the age of your children, your family's financial situation and some unknown factors…

The government shutdown that began last week is already taking a toll on higher education, despite assurances from policy makers that colleges and students would be largely spared in the short term. Research projects have been interrupted, academic meetings have been postponed or canceled, and…

This is the time of year when parents of high school seniors should be using net price calculators as they shop for colleges, but the federal government shutdown has shuttered the federal source for these valuable tools.