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Seattle Mayor-elect Bruce Harrell announced seven new members of his leadership team Wednesday.

Republicans and Democrats seem to agree that Kim Wyman, Washington state’s top elections official, won’t be easy to replace, now that she’s taking a new job working in Washington, D.C.

Potential candidates to replace Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman are already stepping forward after Wyman, a Republican, announced she will resign next month to take an election security position with the Biden administration. Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, will appoint Wyman's replacement. That could spell the end of a nearly six decades Republican lock on the secretary of state's office.

Washington's Secretary of State is off to the other Washington: Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman announced her resignation today, confirming CNN's reporting yesterday that she is leaving the statewide position to work as a senior election security lead for Joe Biden's administration. As we barrel toward the 2022 midterms, Team Biden likely selected Wyman in part to instill confidence in Republicans that our voting systems are secure. Wyman couldn't convince her state's...

With Kim Wyman leaving for a job in the Biden administration in November, Gov. Jay Inslee will need to appoint a replacement soon.

A lawsuit filed against Washingtons 1.2% business tax on financial institutions could ensure taxpayers will pay the states new capital gains tax.

The Washington Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to uphold a new tax on big banks, a year after a lower court judge sided with the industry in finding it unconstitutional.

No job for the faint of heart Mon, 12/21/2020 By Jean Godden As we sit down to smaller than usual holiday celebrations, Seattleites are confronting an interesting dilemma. Whos going to be leading our city in future years? Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, after a tumultuous three years at the helm, decided not to run for a second term. In announcing her Dec. 7 decision, the mayor said she wanted to serve her final year restoring the city economy after months of being buffeted by riots, violence...

KXLY November 6, 2020 7:57 AM Associated Press Updated: Credit: WA Secretary of States Office OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Secretary of State Kim Wyman has been reelected to a third term, continuing a more than five-decade trend of Republicans holding that office and becoming the lone statewide elected Republican on the West Coast. With nearly 53% of the vote, she defeated Democratic state Rep. Gael Tarleton, who is leaving the Legislature at the end of the year after servi...