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• 2 months ago

Former Washington Governor Gary Locke is no longer offering just a passing criticism of Olympia’s spending habits

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• 9 months ago

Earlier this fall, City Journal documented how millions of taxpayer dollars in Minnesota were allegedly funneled through daycare and healthcare organizations that existed largely on paper, served few — if any — clients, and operated for years with little oversight. Citizen journalist Nick Shirley later brought renewed attention to what many now describe as a long-running, controlled catastrophe. Now, disturbing similarities are appearing in Washington state.

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• 9 months ago

Severe flooding has once again impacted communities across Washington — damaging homes, washing out roads, and forcing families from their neighborhoods. First responders, emergency managers, public works crews, and volunteers have stepped up under difficult conditions, and they deserve real thanks for protecting lives and property. But moments like this reveal a hard truth: this is exactly what Washington’s rainy day fund is supposed to be for — and it’s nowhere near where it should be.

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• 9 months ago

Together, we’re driving real change by mobilizing voices around local policies and elections — and in just the past few weeks, your support helped deliver several major wins you may not have heard about:

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• 10 months ago

We encourage you to check out these various entities working every day to make a difference in our community in a variety of ways and places. You can learn more about them at the links provided and hope you’ll honor them with support leading into Giving Tuesday on December 2 — when your contribution will be matched.

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• 10 months ago

Recently uncovered records reported by The Center Square expose a troubling pattern: During his time as Attorney General, and now as Governor, Bob Ferguson has consistently fallen short of the transparency and accountability standards he loudly proclaims.

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• 10 months ago

Only a few months after passing the largest tax increase in Washington history — a $12.5 billion package — Democrat leaders in Olympia are already floating two brand-new tax hikes. This time, they’re targeting income and wealth.

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• a year ago

Washington’s Community Reinvestment Program was created by the Legislature in 2022 as a state-funded, taxpayer-backed “equity” initiative under the Department of Commerce — meant to help people of color buy homes, build small businesses, and create generational wealth. Instead, as Brandi Kruse reports in unDivided, it’s now under investigation for self-dealing, favoritism, and financial abuse.

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• a year ago

When citizens can’t safely collect signatures to petition their government through the initiative process, democracy itself is under attack. In recent weeks, violence and harassment against signature gatherers in our state have become an epidemic — yet Attorney General Nick Brown, the state’s top law enforcement officer, has remained largely silent.

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• a year ago

Across Washington, citizens exercising one of their most sacred rights — the right to petition their government through the initiative process — are being met with violence, harassment, and intimidation.

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• 4 days ago

9/11 survivor Joe Torrillo, a retired New York City firefighter who was buried alive twice that day, urges Americans to come together 25 years later.

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• 5 days ago

UW Professor Stuart Reges was retaliated against for making fun of land acknowledgements.

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• 6 days ago

Internal text messages show Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and her staff had no clue what to do after a mass shooting in July.

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• 7 days ago

As Washington state faces uncertain economic times, Kemper Development Company announced it is seeking a broker to sell the Bellevue Collection, which accounts for a massive chunk of the city's downtown.

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• 8 days ago

Today the Citizen Action Defense Fund announced a major development in a lawsuit against the state of Washington brought by independent reporters Brandi Kruse, Jonathan Choe, and Ari Hoffman.

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• 11 days ago

The Department of Homeland security is ramping up voting fraud investigations in eight states ahead of the midterm election, according to CNN.

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• 12 days ago

Despite one of the worst budget crises the state has ever seen, Washington's 52,000 government employees want a raise.

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• 13 days ago

The Seattle Times Editorial Board says it opposes the initiative to restore parental rights, but its reasoning makes no sense.

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• 14 days ago

In a rare public statement about contract negotiations, the Seattle Public School Superintendent wrote a blistering letter to parents about the teachers' unio.