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Serious Allegations, No Answers and DCYF Leader Nowhere to Be Found

The longer Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) and its Secretary Tana Senn refuse to speak plainly about serious allegations of fraud and missing oversight records, the clearer it becomes that this is not a communications failure — it is a leadership failure. Multiple investigations and media reports have now documented years of...

Where’s Tana Senn?

[un]Divided: Police investigate trio of random stabbings

A man tells harrowing story of being randomly stabbed outside a coffee shop in Kent. Follow unDivided across platforms and subscribe to support the show at unDividedPod.com.

By Brandi Kruse

SB 6205: A Bill to Crack Down on Housing Grant Corruption

Washington’s housing grant system — designed to help struggling families with things like loans, foreclosure prevention, and home repairs — has instead become a playground for insiders and corruption. Serious whistleblower allegations show state-funded housing grants being steered to people with connections, with at least one case involving a nonprofit official’s daughter receiving $350,000 toward a $425,000...

[un]Divided: Politics unPacked: ‘Initiative killer’ bill moves forward, Dems introduce anti-ICE bills

Brandi Kruse unpacks what happened during the legislative session last week in Olympia, including: Hearings on “initiative killer” bills, proposal to ban masks for law enforcement, bipartisan push to protect kids from fentanyl.

By Brandi Kruse

Seattle Times Op-Ed: WA lawmakers should hold hearings on initiatives before they go to a vote

A Seattle Times opinion by Jackson Maynard, Executive Director of Citizen Action Defense Fund, argues that Washington’s state Legislature ought to hold public hearings on citizen-led ballot initiatives rather than letting them bypass legislative scrutiny and head straight to voters this fall. Washington’s Constitution does not treat voters as spectators — it recognizes them as...

[un]Divided: Democrats deny reality of capital flight from Washington

Despite ample evidence that wealth flees from states that target the rich for taxation, Washington State Democrats are pushing ahead with an income tax on millionaires.

By Brandi Kruse

Update on the AltaGas Ferndale Terminal Project

Thank you for staying engaged and informed on the local issues shaping our county. As a follow-up to our recent email outlining the AltaGas Ferndale Terminal proposal and review process, we want to share an important update and a clear opportunity to participate. In 2024, AltaGas | ALA Energy submitted a regulatory application to Whatcom County for...

[un]Divided: Democratic lawmakers dodge questions about childcare fraud

Democrats and Republicans had very different answers when asked whether they would support an outside audit of the Department of Children Youth and Families. Follow unDivided across platforms and subscribe to support the show: unDividedPod.com.

By Brandi Kruse

How Snohomish County State Lawmakers Voted on Tax Increases in 2025

Our state legislators began legislative session in Olympia on Monday, January 12th, and there has already been a flurry of discussion on the need for tax increases and even new taxes such as an income tax which will be proposed this session. This comes on the heels of the largest tax increase in state history...

How Clark County State Lawmakers Voted on Tax Increases in 2025

Our state legislators in Clark County began legislative session Monday, January 12th, and there has already been a flurry of discussion on the need for tax increases and even new taxes such as an income tax which has been proposed and endorsed by Governor Ferguson. This comes on the heels of the largest tax increase...

Income tax in the henhouse

Why Washington Shouldn’t Trust Olympia with an Income Tax

Washington lawmakers aren’t finished reaching into your wallet — and Gov. Bob Ferguson is no longer pretending otherwise. Recent reporting from [un]Divided’s Brandi Kruse brought renewed attention to Democrats’s long-standing support for a state income tax, cutting through years of alternating between denials to warm embracefrom Olympia’s political leadership. While income taxes have repeatedly been...

[un]Divided: Democrats hope voters will fall for a ‘Millionaires’ Tax’

Democrats think they can get Washington voters to pass an income tax by disguising it as a tax on the rich. Follow unDivided across platforms and subscribe to support the show: unDividedpod.com.

By Brandi Kruse

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Serious Allegations, No Answers and DCYF Leader Nowhere to Be Found

Serious Allegations, No Answers and DCYF Leader Nowhere to Be Found

Where’s Tana Senn?

Where’s Tana Senn?

[un]Divided: Police investigate trio of random stabbings

[un]Divided: Police investigate trio of random stabbings

SB 6205: A Bill to Crack Down on Housing Grant Corruption

SB 6205: A Bill to Crack Down on Housing Grant Corruption

[un]Divided: Politics unPacked: ‘Initiative killer’ bill moves forward, Dems introduce anti-ICE bills

[un]Divided: Politics unPacked: ‘Initiative killer’ bill moves forward, Dems introduce anti-ICE bills

Seattle Times Op-Ed: WA lawmakers should hold hearings on initiatives before they go to a vote

Seattle Times Op-Ed: WA lawmakers should hold hearings on initiatives before they go to a vote

[un]Divided: Democrats deny reality of capital flight from Washington

[un]Divided: Democrats deny reality of capital flight from Washington

Update on the AltaGas Ferndale Terminal Project

Update on the AltaGas Ferndale Terminal Project

[un]Divided: Democratic lawmakers dodge questions about childcare fraud

[un]Divided: Democratic lawmakers dodge questions about childcare fraud

How Snohomish County State Lawmakers Voted on Tax Increases in 2025

How Snohomish County State Lawmakers Voted on Tax Increases in 2025

How Clark County State Lawmakers Voted on Tax Increases in 2025

How Clark County State Lawmakers Voted on Tax Increases in 2025

Income tax in the henhouse

Income tax in the henhouse

Why Washington Shouldn’t Trust Olympia with an Income Tax

Why Washington Shouldn’t Trust Olympia with an Income Tax

[un]Divided: Democrats hope voters will fall for a ‘Millionaires’ Tax’

[un]Divided: Democrats hope voters will fall for a ‘Millionaires’ Tax’