Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus is announcing her re-election bid for a third term as mayor. Backus first took office in 2014…
Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) held a call Wednesday with top FDA officials to discuss the approval process for rapid tests. The FDA has said publicly…
Legislation passed today by the Senate would help kids in foster care to stay with family members and in their communities where possible. Senate Bill…
In a Wednesday news conference, members of the Senate Freedom Caucus unveiled their new transportation-funding proposal, pushing back on a package recently put forth by…
A bill to expand eligibility for a certain type of blood donation to 16- and 17-year-olds was approved by the Senate by a vote of…
Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced a new partnership between Seattle Children’s and school districts in Washington state for a rapid testing pilot program. The…
Gov. Jay Inslee today signed House Bill 1368, which appropriates $2.2 billion in federal funding that has been allocated to states in response to the…
After a Crosscut story in December reported that data in Seattle showed nearly half of all helmet citations going to people experiencing homelessness, King County…
U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (D-WA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Kathy Castor (D-FL) have introduced the Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act that will expand…
Senator Phil Fortunato (R-Auburn, 31st LD) will be holding a virtual town hall Wednesday, February 17, 2021. An announcement sent to constituents states the town…
Washington House Republicans released their 2021-23 operating budget framework at a news conference today. Ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Drew Stokesbary (R-Auburn,…
As the ranking member on the Senate’s housing committee, state Sen. Phil Fortunato (R-Auburn, 31st LD) has been looking at innovative ways to address the…
More than a year after the first death in the U.S. was reported in King County, grocery workers continue to risk their lives to serve…
The Washington House of Representatives yesterday passed two police accountability bills that are part of the package proposed by the House Democrats’ Policing Policy Leadership…
WHO: State Sen. Claire Wilson and Reps. Jesse Johnson and Jamila Taylor WHAT: Virtual town hall with 30th District residents WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 13 at 10 a.m. WHERE: Streamed…
The Metropolitan King County Council on Tuesday confirmed the reappointment of Auburn resident Karen Dove to the Priority Hire Advisory Committee for a three-year term…
Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced today that she has again been named to the Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee.…