Road Trip-gate: Murray calls for IG probe into USDOT Secretary Duffy’s multi-million-dollar corporate-sponsored family trip
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) on Wednesday called for the Department of Transportation’s inspector general to investigate Secretary Sean Duffy’s participation in a corporate-sponsored reality YouTube series featuring his family’s cross-country road trip. Murray made the request days after a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing in which she pressed Duffy on the project’s funding […]
Three killed in hate crime shooting at San Diego Mosque
SAN DIEGO — Three adult men, including a security guard, were fatally shot outside the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, May 19, in what local authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime. Two teenage suspects were found dead nearby from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds. “Hate has no home in San Diego,” San […]
Lynnwood breaks ground on long-awaited $60M Poplar Way Bridge project
LYNNWOOD—After more than two decades of planning, tens of millions of dollars, and five Mayors later, the City of Lynnwood finally broke ground on one of its most awaited (and highly prioritized projects) – the Poplar Way Bridge – on Wednesday, April 8. Lynnwood’s Poplar Way Bridge will be an arterial bridge connecting Poplar Way/196th […]
WA LGBTQ Caucus and law makers respond to Supreme Court conversion therapy decision
WASHINGTON D.C.—Just yesterday, the US Supreme Court ruled, 8-1, that Colorado’s Conversion Therapy Law is unconstitutional, a decision that could upend similar laws in 22 other states including Washington State. “Conversion therapy is not health care & has been widely discredited by the medical community,” said Representative Suzane DelBene. “This decision will put LGBTQ+ children […]
US Senate passes funding for DHS, no money for ICE and CBP
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate in a late night/early morning Friday vote, passed a modified version of HR-7147 to fund DHS without allocations for ICE and CBP. The bill now heads to House for concurrence. Friday morning’s vote comes just hours after President Donald J Trump threated to use his executive authority to pay TSA workers, […]
Crosslake Connection opens March 28 with Full 2 Line light rail across Lake Washington
LYNNWOOD — Sound Transit will open the Crosslake Connection on March 28, delivering the first light rail service across Lake Washington and completing the 2 Line for seamless travel throughout the Puget Sound region—from Lynnwood to Chinatown to Mercer Island to Bellevue to Downtown Redmond. Community celebrations are schedule to fill the day with events […]
SAVE America Act could cost Washington $40M and block eligible voters, Hobbs warns
Election officials warned Thursday that the SAVE America Act could saddle the state with tens of millions of dollars in new costs and erect fresh barriers for eligible voters already accustomed to convenient mail-in balloting. Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs joined U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla of California and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, along with […]
Cost of new I-5 bridge linking Oregon and WA balloons from $4.8B to $14.4B
OLYMPIA [JERRY CORNFIELD]—The price tag to construct a new I-5 bridge linking Washington and Oregon has increased to $14.4 billion, officials from the two states said Tuesday, March 17. That means elements of the massive undertaking will be delayed as all the focus will be on building the new span on I-5 across the Columbia […]
Trump appointee Joe Kent resigns from National Counterterrorism Center
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Director Joe Kent, who was nominated by President Donald J Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate to lead the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned on March 17, effective immediately. Kent shared in a letter addressed to President Trump that the reason for his resignation is Operation Epic Fury which he says was stated […]
Trump announces new tariffs after SCOTUS ruling, alleges foreign meddling
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J Trump on Friday lambasted the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling curtailing his use of emergency powers for tariffs, labeling it “ridiculous” and “terrible,” while alleging foreign influence on nation’s highest court. He announced that the tariffs will remain in effect and that he will be signing an executive […]
