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(The Center Square) – The Seattle City Council handed sweeping new powers to Mayor Katie Wilson on Tuesday that allow her to pause surveillance camera programs if she thinks the data could be misused. Wilson already paused a program on March 19 that collects data from automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, mounted on the Seattle Police Department’s vehicles. Her directive also paused a 65-camera expansion that the council approved last year for Seattle’s closed-circuit
(The Center Square) – A day after Governor Bob Ferguson signed Washington’s new income tax into law, opponents who have filed a referendum to repeal it have just learned the Secretary of State will not allow them to proceed. Brian Heywood founder of Let’s Go Washington challenged the constitutional argument Democrats used to try to strip voters of say on the matter. The bill sponsors attached a necessity clause to the legislation, declaring the income
(The Center Square) – Spokane officials warned Monday that the city may need to triple the size of the Public Defender’s Office by 2036 to comply with unfunded mandates imposed by the state’s high court. The Washington Supreme Court issued an order last year that reduced the number of cases each public defender can handle from 400 to 120 annually. While Spokane’s attorneys have seen about 320 to 360 cases annually over the past few
(The Center Square) – Although it’s been just a day since Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a new state law imposing a 9.9% income tax on households that make $1 million, many wealthy residents haven’t waited around for the bill’s actual signing before putting the “for sale” sign on their home. Realtors argue this surge in high value homes in the Seattle area sales indicates a capital flight that could potentially undermine the state’s economy. “Everybody
