Washington’s budget has a multi-billion dollar gap. A new website analyzes how it happened and ran a Super Bowl ad to bring attention to the crisis of over spending
Washington’s budget has a multi-billion dollar gap. A new website analyzes how it happened and ran a Super Bowl ad to bring attention to the crisis of over spending. Paul Graves from Budgetbreakdown.org joined KVI’s Ari Hoffman
Long road ahead: Traffic fatalities up in Seattle despite Vision Zero program
(The Center Square) – Seattle saw an increase in traffic-related deaths in 2024 despite street safety measures implemented as part of its program to reduce traffic injuries. However, the city’s transportation department is anticipating better results thanks
Op-Ed: Is Sen. Saldaña more worried about ‘climate resiliency’ than helping struggling farmworkers?
A new proposal claiming to ease the burden of new state agricultural overtime rules is moving forward in the Washington State Senate, despite the fact that it would fail to put money back into farmworkers’ pockets. At
Report: Home construction costs in Washington state climbing due to red tape
(The Center Square) – One of the largest home building associations in America has released a report detailing the rising costs of home construction in Washington state, blaming onerous government regulations for higher prices. The Building Industry
‘Too little, too late’: Spokane approves traffic projects amid pedestrian deaths
(The Center Square) – Just days after two people died crossing the street, the Spokane City Council unanimously approved $2.8 million in traffic-calming projects. Spokane Police Sgt. Teresa Fuller told The Center Square that the city recorded
New initiative aims to protect WA parents’ bill of rights from legislative rewrite
(The Center Square) – It’s like the movie “Groundhog Day” for Let’s Go Washington, which introduced an initiative Tuesday to protect parents’ rights – again. The initiative preemptively proposes repealing Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5181, which has
Almost 90% of CCA-funded projects in Washington don’t reduce carbon emissions
(The Center Square) – The 2021 Climate Commitment Act enacted by the state Legislature places a cap on the amount of allowable carbon emissions and generates revenue through carbon auctions that are used to fund environmental projects
Feds investigate WA girls basketball game involving trans athlete at Shelton HS
A trans athlete in a high school girls basketball game between Tumwater High School and Shelton High School now appears to be an early test case for a ban on trans athletes in girls and women’s sports
Spokane delivers on promise to provide neighborhood officers with new tax revenue
(The Center Square) – Following through on its promise, Spokane announced Monday that neighborhood resource officers are back on the streets thanks to Mayor Lisa Brown’s November sales tax proposal. Over 60,000 people, or roughly 57% of
Tacoma leaders to vote on transportation measure funding plan
(The Center Square) – Tacoma city leaders are set to vote on how revenue from a proposed transportation ballot measure would be utilized, with the majority of funding expected to go toward the city’s busiest roads. On