Washington Committee Passes Revised Bill Adding Transparency to Pretrial Release
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Legislature's House Community Safety Committee has voted out a revised version of a bill that places more safeguards around the pretrial release of criminal ...
25 Feb 20255min
King County Metro Resumes Bus Services at Crime-Riddled Corridor in Seattle
(The Center Square) – King County Metro is resuming bus services at a Seattle location that became an increasing public safety concern at the end of 2024. King County Metro closed bus stops along 12th...
24 Feb 20255min
Weekend Edition | Bill Dubbed by Critics as the ‘Initiative Killer’ Passed Out of Senate Committee
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22 Feb 202524min
Bill Dubbed by Critics as the ‘Initiative Killer’ Passed Out of Senate Committee
(The Center Square) - Washington Democrats on Tuesday passed a bill out of the Senate Government, Tribal Relations & Elections Committee, dubbed by critics to be the “initiative killer.” SB 5382, spon...
21 Feb 20257min
WA Officials: Lessons to Be Learned From California’s High-Speed Rail ‘Disaster’
(The Center Square) - As California’s high-speed rail project lays its first tracks after spending billions of dollars since 2006, Washington officials are already looking at lessons to be learned on ...
20 Feb 20255min
Spokane Advocates March at Dawn, Demand Action Against Homelessness Crisis
(The Center Square) - While some celebrated by sleeping in, more than a dozen Spokanites woke up on Presidents Day to march for change in the face of homelessness. In their “call for urgency,” the adv...
20 Feb 20255min
Sound Transit CEO Candidate Details Remain Confidential Amid Calls to Publicize Names
(The Center Square) – The Seattle area’s public transit agency is keeping candidate details confidential amid its search for its next permanent CEO, but transit advocates are calling for a transparent...
19 Feb 20255min
Weekend Edition | WA Senator Insists Controversial Remarks on Parents’ Rights Taken Out of Context
(The Center Square) – Washington State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, is standing by comments he made last week to a Fox News reporter about 13-year-old children making their own he...
15 Feb 202524min
