Weekend Edition | Fiscal Fallout: Washington State Government Spending Surges 116% Since 2015
(The Center Square) – Washington state faces deficit spending by 2028 as lawmakers just hit taxpayers with the state's largest combined tax increase – all driven by massive state spending increases ov...
19 Juli 202524min
Sen. Braun Urges Ferguson to Get Past Fearmongering on ‘Big Beautiful Bill'
(The Center Square) – Six months after Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson took office with a moderate-sounding tone that encouraged many Republicans, state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, says Ferguson ...
17 Juli 202511min
Spokane Conservatives Question Accuracy of 2025 Homelessness Count
(The Center Square) – Despite recording the second consecutive decline in homelessness since 2016, the Spokane City Council’s conservative minority questioned that data on Monday – one of the two memb...
15 Juli 202516min
Fiscal fallout: Washington state government spending surges 116% since 2015
(The Center Square) – Washington state faces deficit spending by 2028 as lawmakers just hit taxpayers with the state's largest combined tax increase – all driven by massive state spending increases ov...
14 Juli 202513min
Weekend Edition | Committee Distances From Drug Use Work Group’s ‘Buyers Club’ Suggestion
(The Center Square) – Washington’s Substance Use Recovery Services Advisory Committee, or SURSAC, is distancing itself from recent recommendations made by a subset work group that included having the ...
12 Juli 202524min
‘Most Expensive Market’: Doordash to Raise Fees in Seattle Due to City Regulations
(The Center Square) – DoorDash is raising its service fees in Seattle – again – due to the city’s laws for app-based workers. The on-demand delivery and pickup services company says the hikes are nece...
10 Juli 20259min
WA Committee Distances From Drug Use Work Group’s ‘Buyers Club’ Suggestion
(The Center Square) – Washington’s Substance Use Recovery Services Advisory Committee, or SURSAC, is distancing itself from recent recommendations made by a subset work group that included having the ...
9 Juli 202510min
Bellingham Ratepayers Could See Double-Digit Utility Hikes Through 2028
(The Center Square) – The Bellingham Public Works Department is considering utility rate increases with combined monthly costs for homeowners increasing $54 over the next three years in order to repai...
8 Juli 20258min
