The health of Puget Sound is getting some much-needed help from efforts to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and a proposed new law that would prohibit… Continue reading
This could be interesting. Thursday afternoon directors of Sound Transit will hold their regular monthly meeting in Seattle. It will be their first sit-down since… Continue reading
In 2003, Gov. Gary Locke, D, faced a 10-percent revenue hole in the state’s budget. He also stared at a sluggish economy still reeling from… Continue reading
The legal battle continues to play out between state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and President Trump over the new executive order for a travel ban… Continue reading
Everyone understands the problem. No one opposes the solution. Yet today owners of 285 properties in Snohomish, King and Pierce counties still are facing a… Continue reading
As lawmakers in Olympia inch toward adjournment, they must keep in mind the total added costs of new taxes on our state’s economy. It is… Continue reading
As the ruling majority in the state Senate, Republicans can bring up pretty much what they want on the floor when they please. And Tuesday… Continue reading
When voters approved ST3 last November, they didn’t realize how it would dramatically increase car tab renewal bills. Drivers in Pierce, King, and Snohomish counties… Continue reading
Climate change isn’t happening to some of us, it’s happening to all of us, and it’s going to take all of us to meet its… Continue reading
Remember the old saying: Hindsight is 20-20? If only Washington voters had followed Gov. Albert Rosellini’s tolling plan to build, maintain and replace our state’s… Continue reading
By Rep. Mia Gregerson/For the Kent Reporter Our civics and our democracy depend on the principles of transparency and accountability. One of our government institutions,… Continue reading
Coming off the second-wettest February on record, the area has offered little respite from the dreary weather this winter.… Continue reading
The Kent School District values its rich, diverse schools and communities and is committed to its mission of “successfully preparing all students for their futures.”… Continue reading
President Trump’s immigration policy has unnerved our state.… Continue reading
When President Trump spoke to Boeing workers at its South Carolina production facility, he reiterated his campaign promise to bring jobs back to America. It… Continue reading
A vote, up or down, on abolishing the death penalty in Washington. That’s what Attorney General Bob Ferguson wanted on the legislation he crafted. “The… Continue reading
This may surprise you, but one thing legislative leaders and the governor agree on is that new taxes are needed to help cover the state’s… Continue reading
In 1993, President Bill Clinton was pictured holding a Washington state apple while promoting the virtues of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). That… Continue reading
By state Reps. Tina Orwall and Mia Gregerson/For the Kent Reporter You walked. Now run. Throughout Washington state, thousands of women, families of diverse communities,… Continue reading
State lawmakers are trying to make the right moves to fully fund public education.… Continue reading
