Tukwila, pop. 22,000 or so, is sandwiched between Seattle and SeaTac and is tied to the statewide minimum hourly wage, currently $14.49. It has a diverse population, according to city statistics: 44%...
The 8th District is back in the spotlight, this time as one of the key seats targeted by Republicans to take back Congress. David Wasserman, House editor for the Cook Political Report,...
Klippert’s bid comes after right-leaning voters split among several conservative candidates in the August primary, leaving the GOP off the ballot for a statewide race they’ve won for decades.Voters instead chose Hobbs,...
U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier raised $1.95 million through Saturday’s quarterly reporting deadline in her bid to keep the 8th Congressional district seat in Democratic hands, according to Federal Election Commission data. Schrier,...
So, to get the basics out of the way: The current secretary of state is Steve Hobbs, a Democrat, former state legislator from Snohomish County and a lieutenant colonel in the Washington...
Support from one of the state’s leading Democrats – elected statewide three times, Ferguson is considered a potential successor to Gov. Jay Inslee – gives Gluesenkamp Perez’s campaign a boost. But at...
There was the 2021 COVID aid package, known as the American Rescue Plan; the CHIPS Act, intended to boost American manufacturing of computer parts, the slowdown of which during the pandemic caused...
In the new poll, 58% of Washington state voters said they disagreed with the court’s abortion ruling. Meanwhile, 16% of those polled cited abortion as an important factor when choosing a candidate...
