Washington state legislators had an action-packed 2025 session, leaving Gov. Bob Ferguson to sign loads of bills into law.

Several new liquor laws are now on tap in Virginia and one of them makes the sale of to-go cocktails permanent.

WASHINGTON STATE - New law gives protections to rescuers breaking into vehicles to save animals and people. House Bill 1046, ...

Fee hikes for hunting and fishing licenses, workplace protections for immigrants and increased requirements for gun dealers are among the Washington state laws going into effect July 1. Drivers can ...

Several new Illinois laws and tax increases take effect on July 1, 2025, including new rules for single-use plastics, a ...

Prosecutors doubled down during closing arguments on their theory that Sean “Diddy” Combs carried out a sex trafficking ...

A group of Orthodox churches is suing to block a new law in Washington State that requires priests to violate the seal of confession and report incidents of child abuse. In May, Washington’s ...

Requiring clergy to be mandated reporters is not a new idea in Washington. In 2022, regional nonprofit news outlet InvestigateWest broke a story about decades of covered-up child abuse within the ...

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is seen adorned with an American flag in Washington, D.C., on May 8, 2025, as a new law in Washington state generates controversy.

The Catholic Church said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday it will open a civil rights investigation into a newly passed Washington state law. SB 5375, which was signed Friday by Gov ...