Olympia Council Sends $20 Minimum Wage, Workers’ Bill of Rights to Nov. Vote
(The Center Square) – The Olympia City Council on Tuesday night rejected a proposal to adopt a $20 minimum wage as part of a Workers' Bill of Rights initiative. The council voted 4-3 against passing t...
24 Jul 202512min
WSDOT Begins $203M Revive I-5 Project; Lane Closures Underway
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Department of Transportation’s $203 million project to repair a major section of Interstate 5 is underway with northbound traffic limited to two lanes for th...
22 Jul 20257min
Fiscal Fallout: Long-Term Care Spending Driver of Washington Dshs Swelling Budget
(The Center Square) – The Washington state Department of Social and Health Services' spending since 2015 has nearly tripled from $9 billion to $25.4 billion, a 182.22% increase heavily driven by long-...
21 Jul 202511min
Weekend Edition | Fiscal Fallout: Washington State Government Spending Surges 116% Since 2015
(The Center Square) – Washington state faces deficit spending by 2028 as lawmakers just hit taxpayers with the state's largest combined tax increase – all driven by massive state spending increases ov...
19 Jul 202524min
Sen. Braun Urges Ferguson to Get Past Fearmongering on ‘Big Beautiful Bill'
(The Center Square) – Six months after Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson took office with a moderate-sounding tone that encouraged many Republicans, state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, says Ferguson ...
17 Jul 202511min
Spokane Conservatives Question Accuracy of 2025 Homelessness Count
(The Center Square) – Despite recording the second consecutive decline in homelessness since 2016, the Spokane City Council’s conservative minority questioned that data on Monday – one of the two memb...
15 Jul 202516min
Fiscal fallout: Washington state government spending surges 116% since 2015
(The Center Square) – Washington state faces deficit spending by 2028 as lawmakers just hit taxpayers with the state's largest combined tax increase – all driven by massive state spending increases ov...
14 Jul 202513min
Weekend Edition | Committee Distances From Drug Use Work Group’s ‘Buyers Club’ Suggestion
(The Center Square) – Washington’s Substance Use Recovery Services Advisory Committee, or SURSAC, is distancing itself from recent recommendations made by a subset work group that included having the ...
12 Jul 202524min
