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The UW chapter of the AAUP sent an email recruiting faculty plaintiffs for over 10 lawsuits against the Trump administration, including DEI litigation cases.
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Bob Ferguson refuses gas tax relief while Washington drivers pay $1.40 over the national average
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'This is a national security issue': Seattle council unanimously bans data centers after federal warning the moratorium helps China
Seattle's council unanimously banned new data centers despite a federal energy official's warning that the moratorium hands China an edge in the AI race.
Rantz: Activists lazily claim Everett crackdown on illicit massage parlors discriminates against Asians
Everett approved new penalties for illicit massage businesses suspected of prostitution. Activists claim the crackdown discriminates against Asian workers.
Sheriff Keith Swank frivolously accused of 'passive harassment' for silently attending meeting
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Homelessness
Portland mayor warns affordable housing system could collapse in 6 months
Mayor Keith Wilson warns Portland's affordable housing system could collapse in six months as Home Forward faces a $35M deficit and a CEO travel scandal.
Snohomish County weighs ending Housing First preference, new fentanyl crime
Snohomish County weighs Nate Nehring's bills to end Housing First preference, boost drug treatment funding, and criminalize fentanyl exposure to kids.
Adam Carolla rips Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson as 'a dope' over false homeless claim
Adam Carolla called Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson "a dope" after she insisted housing costs, not drugs, are driving the city's homelessness crisis.
Crime
Rantz: Activists lazily claim Everett crackdown on illicit massage parlors discriminates against Asians
Everett approved new penalties for illicit massage businesses suspected of prostitution. Activists claim the crackdown discriminates against Asian workers.
Rantz: A Pierce County judge just priced four stabbed students at $250
A Pierce County judge cut bail from $750,000 to $250 for the teen charged in the Foss High School stabbing. Jason Rantz says the decision endangers Tacoma.
'Public safety won': SPOG takes victory lap as Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson reverses on cameras
SPOG declared victory after Mayor Katie Wilson reversed course on Stadium District CCTV cameras for the FIFA World Cup tournament kicking off at Lumen Field.
Politics
Bob Ferguson refuses gas tax relief while Washington drivers pay $1.40 over the national average
Gov. Bob Ferguson refuses to suspend Washington's gas tax or pause the CCA, blaming Trump while drivers pay about $1.40 more per gallon than the US average.
'This is a national security issue': Seattle council unanimously bans data centers after federal warning the moratorium helps China
Seattle's council unanimously banned new data centers despite a federal energy official's warning that the moratorium hands China an edge in the AI race.
Rantz: Activists lazily claim Everett crackdown on illicit massage parlors discriminates against Asians
Everett approved new penalties for illicit massage businesses suspected of prostitution. Activists claim the crackdown discriminates against Asian workers.
Seattle Red Opinion
James Etzkorn: Low-income housing — there is a better way
Engineer and WA-01 candidate James Etzkorn explains how the LIHTC program wastes 15–20% of taxpayer dollars and why direct funding would build more homes.
Krist Novoselić: Seattle City Attorney Erika Evans has no plan to protect North Seattle
Seattle's Aurora Ave is spiraling as new City Attorney Erika Evans refuses to enforce SOAP and SODA zones against pimps and fentanyl dealers. Here's why.
Travis Couture: Gov. Bob Ferguson signed $20 billion in taxes and still can't balance the budget
State Rep. Travis Couture says after nearly $20 billion in new taxes, Washington still faces a massive deficit. The problem isn't revenue, it's spending.
Oregon
Treasury Secretary Bessent humiliates Sen. Wyden with son's Epstein email at hearing
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent humiliated Sen. Ron Wyden at a Thursday hearing by surfacing his son Adam's email to Jeffrey Epstein.
Homeless population declines nationwide, but rises in Oregon
Homelessness is getting worse in Oregon. You can blame the failed housing first policy.
Oregon governor doubles down on undercover license plate freeze for ICE agents amid DOJ lawsuit
Gov. Tina Kotek is extending Oregon's ban on undercover plates for ICE agents days after the DOJ sued the state over the policy.
Idaho
Activists tried to kill Idaho's school bathroom law. They just dropped the case.
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