Posted inState of the State 2023
Washington Takes Aim at the Gun Industry
We’re Banning Assault Weapons! Requiring Gun Permits! And Unleashing Bob Ferguson! Maybe!
Olympia
Posted inState of the State 2023
How Washington Plans to Fix the Behavioral Health Crisis
Crisis Care, Not Jail, Is the Answer
Posted inState of the State 2023
Are We Going to Tax the Rich or What?
Probably Only If You Scream at Your State Reps for the Next Several Years
Posted inCops
WA Cities Shouldn’t Have to Buy Off Bad Cops
A $1.5M settlement for a Nazi-sympathizing officer in Kent has revived advocates’ hopes for a legislative fix
Posted inOlympia
Transformative Transportation
Washington’s $17 billion transportation package is a big deal, but we’ve still got a long way to go.
Posted inNews
Who’s Afraid of Ingrid Anderson?
The mystery of a progressive challenger drawn out of Mark Mullet’s district.
Posted inNews
What’s Next for Washington’s Public Transportation Projects?
Meet the people pushing transit to go as fast as possible
Posted inNews
How “Free Fairs” Failed
Inside the collapse of a plan to provide free Discover Passes and Washington State Fair tickets
Posted inNews
Here’s What Happened in Olympia
The Stranger’s rundown of 2022’s huge, confused legislative session
Posted inNews
Washington State Drops Major Coin on Affordable Housing
People are calling these investments “historic” and “unprecedented.”