How did our state legislators vote this year? Learn more in our Whatcom County 2024 Legislative Session Recap. The 60-day 2024 legislative session adjourned on March 7. Legislators debated several important bills during this year’s “short session” that lacked the biennial state budget present in odd-numbered years. Some of the critical policies considered included a plan...
While crime, homelessness, and drug abuse wreak havoc on Seattle, the city is threatening a small deli in Little Saigon with fines of $100 per day for not cleaning graffiti off their storefront quick enough. Brandi Kruse has more on the unDivided Podcast.
“You have to speak up. The time for staying silent and just going along, those days are over. We’re a typical middle class family. My dad and grandpa started a small machine shop in 1965. Today, my husband and brother run it together. People think because we own a business, we must be rich and...
Thank you for your continued engagement with Project 42 and Future 42 Snohomish County. Please see two important updates below on recent items of significance that we have weighed in on with hundreds of you contacting your elected officials to express your thoughts; your engagement is making a difference: SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTS ORDINANCE TO...
Thank you for your continued engagement with Project 42 and Future 42 Snohomish County. Please see two important updates below on recent items of significance that we have weighed in on with hundreds of you contacting your elected officials to express your thoughts; your engagement is making a difference: SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTS ORDINANCE TO...
Ordinance #24-011, mandating environmental testing for toxic drugs in county-owned homeless housing, is a crucial step toward ensuring the safety and well-being of residents, visitors and staff. The closure of multiple, county-owned facilities due to meth and fentanyl contamination serves as a stark warning of the risks posed by drug contamination. By implementing regular testing,...
Ordinance #24-011, mandating environmental testing for toxic drugs in county-owned homeless housing, is a crucial step toward ensuring the safety and well-being of residents, visitors and staff. The closure of multiple, county-owned facilities due to meth and fentanyl contamination serves as a stark warning of the risks posed by drug contamination. By implementing regular testing,...
At their April 24th and May 1st meetings, respectively, the Everett City Council will be discussing and taking action on a proposal to raise property taxes by over 5% through a ballot measure. This could raise over $13 million per year in an attempt to balance the city’s budget, which currently faces a deficit. This levy lid lift proposal is expected...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which will determine whether homeless camping bans amount to “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment. Meanwhile, some cities in Washington state hope a favorable ruling will help them save lives as the drug crisis spirals out of control.
“As an American who has served my country and fought for our freedoms, I am very, very incensed that somebody’s trying to tell me how I must live my life. Why can’t I choose to have natural gas? Why should I be forced because we have a politically motivated agenda to decarbonize on a grid...
“As an American who has served my country and fought for our freedoms, I am very, very incensed that somebody’s trying to tell me how I must live my life. Why can’t I choose to have natural gas? Why should I be forced because we have a politically motivated agenda to decarbonize on a grid...
A Seattle property owner details how the city has time to harass him for minor code violations while ignoring larger issues plaguing the area – such as homelessness and crime. John Bennett spoke with Brandi Kruse on the unDivided Podcast.
In a pushback response to State House Bill 1589, which recently passed the legislature and was signed into law by the Governor, a proposed Snohomish County Council Resolution 24–013 was introduced to oppose the natural gas ban and advocate support for affordable energy choices for all residents and businesses in Snohomish County. Unfortunately and despite...