Soft on crime, hard on victims: Olympia’s alarming legislative agenda
Soft on crime, hard on victims: Olympia’s alarming legislative agenda
This legislative session, some lawmakers are doubling down on policies that many argue prioritize criminals over victims and public safety. From proposals to weaken sentencing laws to reducing penalties for using children in gang-related crimes, the majority in Olympia seems intent on continuing a trend that leaves communities less safe. Let’s take a closer look...
Announcing Future 42 Snohomish County’s 2024 Scorecard for the Lynnwood City Council!
Announcing Future 42 Snohomish County’s 2024 Scorecard for the Lynnwood City Council!
Future 42 Snohomish County is a local county project dedicated to advocating for key issues such as public safety and tax relief. We are a grassroots effort mobilizing Snohomish County citizens to make their voices heard at the local level. We have recently completed our first set of local scorecards which highlight key votes taken...
unDivided: Democrats repeal 132-year-old rule in bid to silence dissent
unDivided: Democrats repeal 132-year-old rule in bid to silence dissent
Democrats in the State House have changed a longstanding rule that required a 2/3 vote to end debate on the floor. They can now end debate with a simple majority, essentially shutting down any dissent. Brandi Kruse has more on unDivided.
By Brandi Kruse
Check out Future 42 Snohomish County’s 2024 Scorecard for the Snohomish County Council
Check out Future 42 Snohomish County’s 2024 Scorecard for the Snohomish County Council
Future 42 Snohomish County is a local county project dedicated to advocating for key issues such as public safety and tax relief. We are building a grassroots effort to mobilize Snohomish County citizens and make their voices heard at the local level. We have recently completed our first set of local scorecards which highlight key votes taken...
Politics unPacked: Week 2
Politics unPacked: Week 2
Brandi Kruse has everything you need to know about what happened in the second week of the 2025 legislative session.
By Brandi Kruse
[un]Divided: Democrats push bill to cut sentences for gun crimes, gang members
[un]Divided: Democrats push bill to cut sentences for gun crimes, gang members
House Bill 1178 would ease and even eliminate sentencing enhancements for gun crimes, sex offenses, gang members, and adults who cook meth around children. On unDivided, Brandi Kruse called it the most dangerous bill of the legislative session so far.
By Brandi Kruse
The fight over your wallet: Capping property tax increases, rent control, wealth tax, and the Jumpstart payroll tax
The fight over your wallet: Capping property tax increases, rent control, wealth tax, and the Jumpstart payroll tax
This legislative session that began this week has already seen four proposals that could hit Washingtonians right where it hurts: their wallets. With a $6.7 billion budget shortfall looming, state legislative leaders are eyeing measures like raising the property tax cap, rent control, a wealth tax, and a statewide version of Seattle’s Jumpstart Payroll Tax....
[un]Divided: Bob Ferguson is suddenly acting like a fiscal conservative
[un]Divided: Bob Ferguson is suddenly acting like a fiscal conservative
Washington’s new governor Bob Ferguson is proposing a 6% cut to spending, breaking with members of his own party, who are pushing new taxes to solve the state’s budget deficit. But as Brandi Kruse points out on unDivided, Washingtonians should be very skeptical about Ferguson’s newfound fiscal conservatism.
By Brandi Kruse
New poll: Washingtonians advise governor, lawmakers on budget shortfall
New poll: Washingtonians advise governor, lawmakers on budget shortfall
New polling from Napolitan News Service released today provides an update on where Washington voters stand on potential tax increases, as lawmakers begin a legislative session and must decide how to address a $12 billion budget shortfall over the next several years. Some highlights from the poll include: Seventy-eight percent (78%) of voters believe that taxes in Washington...
[un]Divided: Federal report buries cause of WA’s homeless crisis
[un]Divided: Federal report buries cause of WA’s homeless crisis
As many of us already know, Washington has one of the worst homelessness problems in the nation. A new report to Congress details the extent of the problem – but ignores the biggest contributing factor. Brandi Kruse breaks it down on unDivided.
By Brandi Kruse
Wall Street Journal: Inslee’s Last Tax Insult to Washington
Wall Street Journal: Inslee’s Last Tax Insult to Washington
Governor Inslee – who once said, “I do not believe tax increases are the right path for the state of Washington” when he was running for governor in 2012 – has proposed a consequential tax on unrealized capital gains, a “wealth tax” as he and others are calling it, and it’s garnered national attention from...
[un]Divided: Seattle business owner says crime, drugs have made city ‘hell’
[un]Divided: Seattle business owner says crime, drugs have made city ‘hell’
Rachael Savage says she’s woken up to the destructive nature of Seattle’s policies after seeing the crime and drug crisis take over the streets outside her business. She joined Brandi Kruse on unDivided to talk about her work to wake up fellow citizens. Watch unDivided at unDividedpod.com.
By Brandi Kruse