Economic Alliance 2025 Annual Meeting and Awards, April 22
Economic Alliance Snohomish County (EASC) proudly invites you to the 2025 Annual Meeting & Snohomish County Awards, presented by Boeing and Banner Bank. The event will take place at Tulalip Resort Casino (10200 Quil Ceda Boulevard Tulalip Bay, WA 98271) on Tuesday, April 22, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Get your ticket(s) now! This event brings together business […]
Lynnwood Library displaying Tiny Art Exhibit from now until April 14
LYNNWOOD—The Lynnwood Library is displaying a Tiny Art Exhibit from now until April 14, which features 74 pieces of artwork done by community members aged three-years-old to adulthood. This is the third year the Lynnwood Library has held a Tiny Art Exhibit – an idea made popular in local libraries during the pandemic. The Lynnwood […]
House Judiciary Committee launches new inquiry into Washington State’s sanctuary policies
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chairman Tom McClintock (CA-05), and Congressman Michael Baumgartner (WA-05) sends a letter to Washington Attorney General Nick Brown seeking information on the state’s sanctuary policies that they allege shield criminal aliens in the United States at the expense of Americans. The congressmen allege that the state’s Keep Washington Working Act, […]
Ferguson rejects both House and Senate budgets, dismissing tax hikes and wealth tax
OLYMPIA—Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson said he will not be signing off on either House or Senate 2025-27 operating budget proposals during a press conference Tuesday, April 1, explaining he cannot stand by the tax hikes proposed, especially during a time of federal uncertainty. [Watch video of Ferguson budget presser at end of article]. “Hope […]
WashCOG study finds that local governments undermine Public Records Act
OLYMPIA—The Washington Coalition for Open Government (WashCOG) published an update to their special report “Your Right to Know,” that found agencies and local governments in Washington State allegedly obstruct and delay public records requests, fail to maintain, organize, and disclose records, inadequately train their staff on open government policies, and often completely undermine the Public […]
City of Edmonds allows century-old redwood tree to be cut down
EDMONDS—Not long ago, cutting a tree down in Edmonds could result in a forest’s worth of paperwork. But in December, the Snohomish County Superior Court ruled against the city’s “tree mandate,” which had required property owners to provide a “restoration plan” if they intended to remove sizable trees from their land. The same month, the City […]
HHS announces new major restructure to ‘Make America Healthy Again’
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr announced on Thursday, March 27, his plan to restructure the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in accordance with President Donald J Trump’s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative.” “We aren’t just reducing bureaucratic sprawl. We are realigning the organization […]
Former Gov Inslee honored with Time Magazine’s 2025 Earth Award
On Thursday, March 27, former Governor Jay Inslee was announced as one of the six winners of Time Magazine’s 2025 Earth Awards. The other winners honored were billionaire Michael Bloomberg, Ghanaian Chef Selassie Atadika, former Tennessee Republican Senator Bill Frist, actor Rainn Wilson, and environmental researcher Catherine Coleman Flowers. “There are two immutable forces that we […]
Cuts in federal school funding could impact local schools
NESPELEM—Today, more than 9,171 descendants of 12 aboriginal tribes of Indians are enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of the Colville. Local school districts, including Okanogan, Omak, Paschal Sherman Indian School (PSIS), Nespelem, Grand Coulee Dam, Inchelium, Keller, Republic, and Wilbur, rely heavily on federal funding from the United States Department of Education to support essential […]
PSE denied $215 million rate increase by state regulators
LACEY, Wash. – On Monday, March 17, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) denied a request by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) that would have raised rates for electric and natural gas customers by $109 million in 2025 and $106 million in 2026. These increases were in addition to a rate increase the Utilities and […]
