Despite spending record amounts on homelessness, West Coast cities are seeing the issue get worse by the year. The latest numbers out of Portland are staggering. Follow unDivided across platforms and subscribe to support the show: unDividedPod.com.
Kristine Moreland has worked with the homeless and addicted in Seattle for years. She had an emotional reaction to news that Washington state is considering plans to provide a “safe supply” directly to users. Follow unDivided across platforms and subscribe to support the show: unDividedPod.com.
It is becoming clear that the decision to defund a pediatric care center for drug-addicted babies was about political disagreements, not what’s best for the newborns. Follow unDivided across platforms and subscribe to support the show: unDividedPod.com.
Andrea Suarez of We Heart Seattle decided to help clean off graffiti left by rioters at the Federal Building in Seattle. Before long, she was told to stand down. Brandi Kruse has more details on unDivided.
While West Coast governors set unattainable and costly climate goals, a bipartisan vote in Congress has clawed at least one of them back. Congressman Michael Baumgartner (R-WA 05) joined unDivided with Brandi Kruse to discuss.
The state is spending your money to help people use fentanyl “safely,” rather than directing them to treatment. Brandi Kruse details the Washington Department of Health’s newest ad campaign on unDivided.
Did Governor Bob Ferguson use the Thurston County Sheriff as a political prop to push a phony public safety bill? Sheriff Sanders joined unDivided with Brandi Kruse to respond.
Governor Bob Ferguson took a victory lap this week, claiming to have fulfilled a campaign promise to set aside $100M for hiring new police officers. Except it’s not at all what it was sold as. Follow unDivided with Brandi Kruse across platforms and subscribe to support the show: unDividedPod.com.
A career criminal fled from Thurston County Sheriff’s deputies for the third time in six months, this time shooting at them with an AR-15 as he sped down the road. As Brandi Kruse reports on unDivided, Sheriff Derek Sanders is fed up with soft-on-crime judges.
While Washington state Democrats passed the largest package of tax increases in state history, Idaho and Montana did just the opposite. Montana Governor Greg Gianforte joined unDivided with Brandi Kruse to discuss his state’s commitment to fiscal responsibility.
In our final episode of the legislative session, Brandi Kruse unpacks the $78B budget passed by lawmakers – which is funded through the largest tax increases in state history.
State Rep. Travis Couture (R-Allyn) says the only winners in budget negotiations this year were bureaucrats, politicians, and criminals. He joined unDivided with Brandi Kruse to discuss the largest tax increase in state history.
With days left in the legislative session, Democrats are racing to pass new taxes and get a budget signed by the governor. Brandi Kruse everything you need to know about what happened this week in Olympia.
Democrats in Olympia are passing taxes (almost) faster than we can keep up. Senate Republican Leader John Braun joined unDivided with Brandi Kruse to discuss the latest.