Spokane Regional Homeless Population up 36% From 2022 Numbers
The 2023 point-in-time count numbers show a significant increase for individuals and families without a permanent abode in Spokane, though a large encampment had been drawing down at the time. Accordi...
30 Apr 20234min
South King County Cities Seek Unified Drug Enforcement Amidst Failed ‘Blake Fix’
Cities throughout King County are seeking their own solutions to a potential lack of illicit drug possession laws in Washington state after the failure of Senate Bill 5536. Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus s...
29 Apr 20234min
Lawsuit Filed Against Washington’s Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban
A coalition of gun rights advocacy groups and individual citizens have filed a lawsuit against a new Washington state ban on firearms deemed “assault weapons” as soon as the legislation was signed int...
28 Apr 20236min
McMorris Rodgers Pushes for Federal Data Privacy Reform
A Congressional hearing asking "Who's selling your data?" took place in the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, where Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered her opening remarks calling...
23 Apr 20237min
Seattle City Council Passes Originally Proposed $10 Late-Fee Cap on Rent
The Seattle City Council has passed a $10 late-fee cap on rent with a 7-2 vote. Seattle now joins the nearby cities of Auburn and Burien in establishing a $10 late fee cap. Socialist City Councilmembe...
22 Apr 20236min
Crime and Punishment: Prosecutions After the 2020 Bellevue Riot
On May 31, 2020 more than a thousand individuals rioted in downtown Bellevue, with looters attacking stores at Bellevue Square, the Bellevue Connection, and Lincoln Square. The rioting prompted a civi...
21 Apr 20237min
Downtown Seattle ‘Ambassadors’ Renewal Would Cost $18 Million in Property Taxes
The Metropolitan Improvement District is set to sunset on June 30, but Seattle City Councilmember Sarah Nelson is proposing a 10-year renewal that would collect nearly $3 million more from downtown pr...
15 Apr 20234min
Washington Bill Allowing Government to ‘Hide Your Kid From You’ Clears House
The Washington House has passed a bill allowing shelters to keep runaway juveniles from their parents to get an abortion and/or gender surgeries that include removing a girl's breasts or uterus. Altho...
14 Apr 20239min
