Weekend Edition | Sound Transit Economic Reality & Spokane's Homelessness Plan
(The Center Square) – Much of the funding for Sound Transit’s projects, including ST3, has come from federal grants. In the past seven years, it has secured a total of $3.8 billion, with $9 billion ex...
10 Maj 202524min
Economic Reality May Force Sound Transit to Revise Its Financial Plan
(The Center Square) – Much of the funding for Sound Transit’s projects, including ST3, has come from federal grants. In the past seven years, it has secured a total of $3.8 billion, with $9 billion ex...
9 Maj 202511min
WA Family at Center of Fight Over Trans Athletes Heartened by Federal OSPI Probe
(The Center Square) – A family in East Wenatchee, Wash., at the center of the controversy surrounding transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports, tells The Center Square they are reenergized no...
8 Maj 20255min
Spokane Unveils Homelessness Plan as Conservatives Say They Were Left in the Dark
(The Center Square) – Mayor Lisa Brown unveiled an overhaul of Spokane’s homelessness strategy Thursday, pitting the city council’s progressive majority and conservative minority against each other on...
7 Maj 202516min
Weekend Edition | Seattle Spends Millions on Illegal Immigrants as Trump Admin Seeks to Deny Funds
(The Center Square) – Seattle spends roughly $6.5 million a year on complementary resources for illegal immigrants, even as the administration of President Donald Trump is taking major steps to reshap...
3 Maj 202524min
WA Legislature Passes Rainier School Closure Bill That Includes New Transition Plans
(The Center Square) – Outside of budget negotiations, one of the bills that dominated Washington state lawmakers' attention during the 2025 legislative session was a proposal to close a state-operated...
30 Apr 202511min
Sound Transit Taxes Have Generated More Than $20 Billion in Almost 30 Years
(The Center Square) – In 1996, voters within the Sound Transit District voted to approve "Sound Move," which imposed a variety of local taxes to fund the construction of public transit such as bus lin...
29 Apr 202511min
Seattle Spends Millions on Illegal Immigrants as Trump Admin Seeks to Deny Funds
(The Center Square) – Seattle spends roughly $6.5 million a year on complementary resources for illegal immigrants, even as the administration of President Donald Trump is taking major steps to reshap...
28 Apr 202510min
