Today, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Patty Murray (D-WA) formally announced a $20 million investment that provides the capacity to train more than 2,600 workers with the skills needed by Washington state’s 650 aerospace employers.

Washington State University stands ready to answer President Barack Obama’s call to develop renewable aviation biofuels.

KEPR is staying on top of new plans to stop bullying in our schools. Senator Maria Cantwell is one of several co-sponsors of a bill to shore up anti-bullying programs in school, called the "Safe Schools Improvement Act."

Boeing employees and Washington state officials are planning a big "victory rally" Friday at the company's Everett factory to celebrate winning the $35 billion Air Force contract for a new aerial tanker fleet.

If you didn't feel you were taxed enough, try this on for size: a new cell phone tax could add another $10 to your bill. KEPR Action News found Washington already pays more in cell phone taxes than anyone else in the country.

Senator Maria Cantwell was the first local congressional leader to email our newsroom about what happened in Arizona this weekend. Wednesday, she was also the first congressional leader to visit the Tri-Cities since the shooting.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray took a slim lead over Republican challenger Dino Rossi in Tuesday's early vote returns, raising the possibility of an extended vote count in Washington's vote-by-mail election.

Senator Maria Cantwell came to Richland to announce plans for 500 new jobs in Washington, 40 which would be in the Tri-Cities.

Democratic leaders in the Senate are trying to secure the final votes needed to pass legislation this coming week that would impose the most sweeping rules on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression.

The uncertain future of federal health care reform has wrinkled Washington state's hopes of landing a $1 billion bailout to fix its budget deficit this year, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Monday.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will face a congressional grilling later this month about the suppression of details on deals that funneled billions to big investment banks while he was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Washington state and federal officials announced a court-enforceable schedule Tuesday for cleaning up the nation's most contaminated nuclear site, ending more than two years of negotiations that followed dozens of missed deadlines.

Eleven House members from five Northwest states voted in favor of the gun measure Wednesday, while just seven opposed it.