Verity Credit Union Awards $120,000 in Grants for Growth to 16 BIPOC and Women-Led Startups and Nonprofits
Verity Credit Union, a Seattle-based financial institution with assets totaling $735 million, awarded 16 recipients of its Grants for Growth program with a total of $120,000 to support historically excluded entrepreneurs, BIPOC- and women-led startups, and nonprofits advancing justice and equity across Washington state. Known for its socially responsible, community-rooted banking, Verity’s new Grants for Growth […]
2025 Congressional App Challenge winners announced
The 2025 Congressional App Challenge winners from Washington’s 1st and 2nd districts: middle schoolers Dylan and Henry Pham’s game combating vaccine misinformation, and high schoolers Isabella Li, Hiya Pandey, and Anya Mehta’s app for early anemia detection. Both apps will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) named the Pham brothers at […]
Boeing Future of Flight and Tour now open seven days a week
MUKILTEO— At the Boeing Future of Flight and tour, guests have the opportunity to explore Boeing’s storied legacy as an aerospace pioneer, and its tremendous impact on the Pacific Northwest Economy, through interactive exhibits, educational storytelling, and even touring the airplane assembly line where they can watch Boeing manufacturers, hard at work, piecing together the […]
WA Senate passes ban on police face coverings
OLYMPIA [Jake Goldstein-Street]—The Washington state Senate voted Wednesday to ban law enforcement from covering their faces in response to growing concerns over masked federal immigration agents. Senate Bill 5855 would cover local, state and federal law enforcement, with limited exceptions for uses like personal protective equipment and undercover or SWAT operations. The proposal is sure to […]
WA Senate approves new bill lowering drunk driving limit to 0.05% BAC
OLYMPIA [Jerry Cornfield]—Washington took a major stride Wednesday toward slashing the state’s legal limit for driving drunk. A divided state Senate voted 26-23 to approve legislation to reduce the maximum allowable blood alcohol concentration for drivers from 0.08% to 0.05%. If it makes it through the House and into law, Washington would join Utah with the toughest […]
Snohomish County Confirms Three New Measles Cases
EVERETT—The Snohomish County Health Department has confirmed three additional measles cases since declaring an outbreak two weeks ago, bringing the total number of cases in the county to six. The latest case was confirmed on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in a child who was unvaccinated. The child would have been infectious while attending an afternoon […]
Snohomish County Council unanimously approves providers for New Start Centers
SNOHOMISH COUNTY— The Snohomish County Council unanimously approved a series of motions on January 28, related to service agreements with the Salvation Army and YWCA for its two New Start Centers—a pair of repurposed hotels which the county intend to use for emergency bridge housing for people experiencing homelessness in Snohomish County. The idea of the New Start […]
SNAP vendor agrees to not disclose SNAP recipient data to USDA after AG Brown lawsuit
SEATTLE—Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has secured an agreement with a state vendor, Fidelity Information Services, to protect the private, personal data of more than 1 million Washington residents who receive federal food assistance benefits. Its lawsuit against the company has been dismissed. “When someone in Washington signs up for help putting food on the […]
Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis will not seek reelection to the Washington Supreme Court
OLYMPIA—Washington State Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis, 57, has announced on January 26 that she will not seek reelection for a second term, and will serve through the end of her term which ends on December 31, 2026. First elected to the Court in 2020 following an appointment by Governor Jay Inslee, she announced her […]
Ferguson and Brown slam administrative warrants, vow to partner with anti-ICE groups
OLYMPIA— In a joint press conference on January 26, Governor Bob Ferguson (D) and Attorney General Nick Brown (D) announced pre-emptive steps to hold “ICE agents accountable” in Washington state and to “protect Washingtonians” from Civil Rights violations. Ferguson and Brown also announced a letter they penned to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem urging her to […]
