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Seattle mayor rushing plan to reduce homeless population before World Cup

(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is accelerating her plan to find interim housing for the homeless with a new goal of getting 500 residents off the streets before the June 15 start of The FIFA World Cup at Lumen Field. Wilson had announced a plan on March 4 to create 1,000 shelter beds for the unhoused by the end of the year. But on Monday administration officials presented to the city council

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WATCH: Concerns about new WA agency tasked with modernizing energy grid

(The Center Square) – In the final hours of the 2026 legislative session, majority Democrats pushed through controversial legislation that creates a Washington state transmission authority within the Commerce Department to help coordinate and finance long-distance electric lines across the state. Senate Bill 6355, sponsored by Sen. Victoria Hunt, D-Issaquah, is aimed at speeding up Washington’s ambitious clean energy laws, some of the most ambitious in the country. Washington state’s Clean Energy Transformation Act, passed

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‘These things are not secrets’: WA GOP lists priority districts for 2026 election

(The Center Square) – Facing a near supermajority, the chair of the Washington State Republican Party has his eyes on five districts heading into the 2026 election cycle in an attempt to regain some control over Olympia. Democrats took control of both chambers of the Legislature after the 2017 election when they secured the Senate. The last time Republicans controlled the statehouse was in 1998, before losing the House in 2002 and the Senate in

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Seattle looks to expand its efforts against federal immigration enforcement

(The Center Square) – Seattle’s battle with federal immigration officials is getting even broader. The Seattle City Council is expected at its March 17 meeting to authorize a review of the city’s policies to ensure that the data of residents who participate in Seattle city programs is not given to any federal agency. The sponsor of the legislation, Councilmember Dionne Foster, said at a March 6 city council committee meeting that the concern is that

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