[un]Divided: Seattle’s top business leaders demand crime strategy from socialist mayor
[un]Divided: Seattle’s top business leaders demand crime strategy from socialist mayor
CEO’s from nearly every major Seattle business penned a letter to Mayor Katie Wilson, demanding she come up with a competent plan to fight crime. Follow unDivided across platforms and subscribe to support the show: unDividedPod.com.
By Brandi Kruse
2026 PierceCounty State Legislative Scorecard
2026 PierceCounty State Legislative Scorecard
FUTURE 42 recently released our second annual comprehensive scorecard highlighting key votes taken by all 147 legislators during the 2026 legislative session. That full scorecard can be viewed here. Today, Future 42 Pierce County is releasing an abbreviated legislative scorecard specifically highlighting the key votes taken by legislators representing Pierce County during the 2026 legislative session....
New Clark County Poll: Pocketbook Issues and Taxes Top Voter Concerns; Local Governments have higher Disapproval than Approval
New Clark County Poll: Pocketbook Issues and Taxes Top Voter Concerns; Local Governments have higher Disapproval than Approval
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2026 Contact: Leslie Lewallen, Director leslie@pfortytwo.com – 360-409-0404 Clark County, WA — A recent poll of Clark County voters by Future 42 Clark County finds that taxes and government spending, along with everyday cost-of-living pressures, rank as the most urgent issues facing the community. A survey of 400 likely November...
Washington could send scholarship dollars elsewhere while students here get nothing
Washington could send scholarship dollars elsewhere while students here get nothing
For years, low- and middle-income families have faced a familiar problem: their child needs a tutor, a better computer, specialized services, or some other educational support, but the family budget only stretches so far. Last week, Seattle families were relieved when a threatened teachers strike was averted at the last minute and schools opened on...
[un]Divided: Bellevue’s largest developer plans to sell his entire portfolio
[un]Divided: Bellevue’s largest developer plans to sell his entire portfolio
As Washington state faces uncertain economic times, Kemper Development Company announced it is seeking a broker to sell the Bellevue Collection, which accounts for a massive chunk of the city’s downtown. Follow unDivided across platforms and subscribe to support the show: unDividedPod.com.
By Brandi Kruse
Future 42 Launches Pierce County Project
Future 42 Launches Pierce County Project
Pierce County, WA — Future 42 is expanding its county-based civic engagement work to its fourth county in the state, Pierce County, with Dr. Philip Lindholm serving as Project Director. The new project will help residents follow the local decisions that shape their lives and provide practical ways to participate before those decisions by city...
Seattle superintendent brings needed transparency as teacher strike deadline nears
Seattle superintendent brings needed transparency as teacher strike deadline nears
Seattle families are still wondering whether school will begin on time. As negotiations between Seattle Public Schools (SPS) and the Seattle Education Association (SEA) come down to the wire, Superintendent Ben Shuldiner deserves credit for giving families an unusually candid account of what is happening at the bargaining table. In a lengthy update to the...
Seattle teachers authorize strike as school spending climbs and budget problems persist
Seattle teachers authorize strike as school spending climbs and budget problems persist
Seattle families may once again be left wondering whether school will start on time. Members of the Seattle Education Association voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to authorize a strike if the union and Seattle Public Schools (SPS) cannot reach a new contract. About 91% of voting members supported the authorization, giving union leaders the ability to call...
[un]Divided: Most Seattle voters disagree with Mayor Katie Wilson’s response to crime
[un]Divided: Most Seattle voters disagree with Mayor Katie Wilson’s response to crime
From crime cameras to open-air drug use, polling says Seattleites don’t like the public safety policies of Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson. Follow unDivided across platforms and subscribe to support the show: unDividedPod.com.
By Brandi Kruse
The primary is over. Here’s what Washington voters will decide in November
The primary is over. Here’s what Washington voters will decide in November
Washington’s August Primary Election narrowed crowded fields across the state. Now the choices voters will face in November are coming into focus. The biggest statewide story may not be a race for Congress or the Legislature. It is the Washington Supreme Court. Voters will choose five of the court’s nine justices this November, an unusually...
[un]Divided: Department of Justice awards $8M to Washington state police departments
[un]Divided: Department of Justice awards $8M to Washington state police departments
Trump’s Department of Justice awarded more than $8M to Washington state law enforcement agencies to help improve public safety. Follow unDivided across platforms and subscribe to support the show: unDividedPod.com.
By Brandi Kruse
If Wilson can’t lead through the Bite shooting crisis, Ferguson needs to
If Wilson can’t lead through the Bite shooting crisis, Ferguson needs to
Nearly three weeks have passed since gunfire erupted at the Bite of Seattle, killing three people and wounding four others. Seattle has replaced its police chief. The City Council has held hearings. The mayor has ordered an independent review. Yet the most important question remains unanswered: Is someone who killed a person at the Bite...