Jay Inslee, a Democrat, was governor of Washington from 2013 to 2025. It is a rare moment when a single action can address ...

Gov. Jay Inslee will leave office in a few days after leading Washington for a dozen years. He and his Democratic allies in the Legislature have reshaped the state and overcome unexpected crises ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson met with murder victims’ families on Monday as he contemplates whether to rescind a release order by his predecessor. His predecessor, Jay Inslee, agreed to release ...

Gov. Jay Inslee — and his environmentalist spirit — have been immortalized in an official portrait. Washington’s outgoing Democratic governor on Tuesday afternoon revealed the painting by ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson now faces many of the same challenges Jay Inslee faced when he took office 12 years ago. Similar issues in 2024 and 2013 include a state budget deficit and looming ...

Jay Inslee believes in the power of local action—even in overcoming national pushback. “Right now, we know these are hard days. We’ve got a person in the White House who must have been ...

Ferguson’s decision reversed an order made by former Gov. Jay Inslee on his last day in office in January, allowing Pauley to be released from prison on parole. Prior to Ferguson’s reversal of ...

Jay Inslee as he left office in January. Pauley was sentenced to life in prison in February 1981, after pleading guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. In 1980, a 21-year-old Pauley ...

On a night in mid-December, then-Gov. Jay Inslee called Microsoft President Brad Smith with a heads-up. The next day, Inslee would be rolling out a budget proposal with higher business taxes and a ...