$200M ‘Equity’ Program Exposed: How WA Tax Dollars Fueled a Cash Grab

Washington’s Community Reinvestment Program was created by the Legislature in 2022 as a state-funded, taxpayer-backed “equity” initiative under the Department of Commerce — meant to help people of color buy homes, build small businesses, and create generational wealth. Instead, as Brandi Kruse reports in unDivided, it’s now under investigation for self-dealing, favoritism, and financial abuse. A whistleblower’s 10-month investigation revealed...