Washington’s 2026 legislative session that adjourned last week was defined in large part by the controversial income tax proposal now sitting on Governor Ferguson’s desk. But while that fight has dominated headlines and advocacy efforts, it’s far from the only story coming out of Olympia this year. Beneath the surface, majority lawmakers advanced a series...
At their most recent public meeting, the Everett City Council took unanimous action to approve a law which establishes a criminal penalty for those who expose children to fentanyl and other harmful substances. Those who violate the new law could face up to a year in jail. This is in response to the tragic overdoses...
With one of the biggest deadlines of the legislative session now behind us, something important has happened in Olympia. A long list of bad bills quietly died. Under legislative rules, non-fiscal related bills had to pass out of their chamber of origin last week, or they’re effectively done for the year. Dozens failed to make...
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...
A major fraud scandal involving taxpayer-funded daycare and healthcare organizations serving Minneapolis’s Somali community is now raising serious concerns in Washington state. Following an investigation by Ryan Thorpe and Christopher F. Rufo for City Journal and an exposé by citizen journalist Nick Shirley about widespread fraud in Minnesota, evidence is emerging that the same kind...
Recently uncovered records reported by The Center Square expose a troubling pattern: During his time as Attorney General, and now as Governor, Bob Ferguson has consistently fallen short of the transparency and accountability standards he loudly proclaims. In 2023, the Washington State Bar Association opened a confidential investigation into Ferguson’s office of the Attorney General...
At last week’s public council meeting, the Everett City Council voted 5-2 to extend the current “no sit, no lie” law which would otherwise have been sunset at the end of 2025. This law was enacted with major support from local business owners and residents as it enacted buffer zones to address loitering, homelessness, and...
Washington voters are making their voices heard in the 2025 local elections. By now, you should have received your ballot in the mail — and this one matters more than most. Local elections decide the policies that hit closest to home: 🏡 Your property taxes — and whether they keep rising faster than your paycheck. 🚸...
Last week, independent journalists from across the country joined President Trump at the White House for a first-of-its-kind conversation about free speech, media bias, and the growing threat of political extremism. Among those invited to share their stories were two familiar faces to all of you on the Future 42 list and anyone following what’s...
EVERETT CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON EXTENDING “NO SIT, NO LIE” LAW WHICH CRACKS DOWN ON LOITERING AND ASSOCIATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY At their public meeting on Wednesday, October 22nd at 6:30pm, the Everett City Council will be holding a vote to continue the current “no sit, no lie” law which, if not approved, will sunset at...
When citizens can’t safely collect signatures in public, democracy itself is under attack. This right is enshrined in Article II, Section 1 of the Washington state constitution. In recent weeks, violence and harassment against signature gatherers in our state have become an epidemic — yet Attorney General Nick Brown, the state’s top law enforcement officer,...
The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed from State Senator Nikki Torres (LD15 – Yakima) about how racial gerrymandering has become a purely partisan matter in our state: So while Hispanic voters chose me, I wasn’t the right kind of Hispanic according to Democrats. Why not? My parents were both born in Mexico. They met...
Across Washington, citizens exercising one of their most sacred rights — the right to petition their government through the initiative process — are being met with violence, harassment, and intimidation. Signature gatherers for Let’s Go Washington’s new initiatives — one protecting fairness in girls’ sports and another restoring parental rights — have faced organized campaigns of disruption...
One of the most sacred rights of Washingtonians is the right of direct democracy — to petition the government through the initiative and referendum process. Yet, as has been clearly documented across Washington, that right is under attack. All throughout the state, agitators have engaged in a campaign of harassment and political violence aimed at...