Washington’s Stalled Involuntary Treatment Bill Exposes Failures in Combating Homelessness Crisis
Democrat lawmakers are complaining about President Donald J Trump’s new ‘housing first’ and ‘harm reduction’ EO, claiming there aren’t enough involuntary treatment beds for drug addicted homeless people. Yet, this is the system they created. In fact, they passed an involuntary treatment law years ago that was never fully implemented. They never funded the beds […]
A victim of Gov Ferguson’s veto: Kent’s PICC center for babies exposed to drugs
On Wednesday, June 25, I toured the Pediatric Interim Care Center (PICC) in Kent. There was no media, no speeches — just a bipartisan group walking through a place that has dedicated 35 years to quietly saving lives. It may have been a final visit. Unless something changes by Monday, June 30, PICC will close […]
DCYF reveals three-fold increase in opioid-related child death and near-death numbers for 1Q-2025
[The Center Square-WA]—The Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) has reported a significant rise in child fatalities and near-fatal incidents linked to opioid exposure in the first quarter of 2025. With 54% of child deaths under state supervision attributed to opioids, particularly fentanyl, officials are grappling with how to address this escalating […]
Republican lawmakers walk out after WA House committee votes to close center for people with disabilities
Republican lawmakers walked out of a committee meeting in the Washington Legislature on Wednesday to protest approval of a bill that would close a residential center for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “We voted no on the bill first and, when it was apparent that the bill was going to pass, we were upset […]
Bamboozled! New Parent’s Rights initiative filled after State Senate guts Parent’s Rights initiative passed last year
LYNNWOOD—Let’s Go Washington this morning announced that it will be introducing a new Parental Rights initiative to repeal Senate Bill 5181 passed by the Washington State Senate last month which the group says guts parent’s voices in schools. The new initiative will re-establish protections for students in schools and re-affirm that parents are the primary […]
Bill critics alleging will undo Parents’ Rights initiative moves forward
(The Center Square)—House Republicans in the Washington State Legislature offered up dozens of amendments Thursday, January 30, during an executive session before the House Education Committee, but none were successful in slowing down a bill that critics say would undo a parents’ bill of rights initiative passed by lawmakers last year. House Bill 1296 would, according to the […]
‘Semi’ serious: Will Bird’s candidacy clip Reichert’s wings?
Campaign victories go to those who do the work to earn the win; party endorsements should be endowed by the same measure, but Republican gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird hasn’t earned that honor through hard work and delivering results. Politics is a blood sport. It is a zero-sum game defined by clear winners and clear losers. […]
Controversial Republican figure Loren Culp may be expelled from WASPC
LACEY, Wash., April 4, 2024—The Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs (WASPC) sent a letter to failed 2020 Washington state Republican gubernatorial and 2022 Congressional candidate, Loren Culp, proposing to expel him from his WASPC membership after making a series of offensive social media posts. WASPC membership is not a requirement to licensure of […]
