Lauren Allen

New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free The program, which is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.

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New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free

The program, which will start in November and is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income

Washington Democrats Propose 55% Cut To Abortion Access Funds Amid National Attack On Reproductive Justice Senate Democrats quietly proposed a shameful 55% cut to abortion access funding in their budget, leaving just $7 million for the 2026–2027 biennium to cover a critical healthcare service in a state th...

UPDATE: The 55% cut to abortion access is still in the budget our lawmakers will vote on tomorrow. Call your reps and sens TODAY. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washing...

Early childhood advocates had to fight HARD this session to keep these programs as whole as we possibly could. These "cost savings" also cost these children so many opportunities in their future. We KNOW that high quality care and education are integral to lifelong success and opportunity. Tragic.

Wild that possessing over a million dollars is what's apparently considered "middle class" 🤔

Rent stabilization is still alive! This afternoon members of the House voted to not concur and not accept the version of EHB 1217 that was sent to them by the Senate. What happens next is the formation of a conference committee to work to fix the bill, and there are just 4 days left to get it done.

Photo of a black Lenovo ThinkPad laptop showing the TVW stream of Washington State House debates on SSB 5752. State Representative Steve Bergquist is seen in a suit holding a microphone speaking on SSB 5752.

Reminder for those of us tied to our laptops this week - take your work outside for a bit 🫶 #waleg

Proud of my mayor & proud to live in Bothell 💗

Sitting in the airport and turning off teams & outlook notifications for the next four days >>>>

🚨Alert: April 2, 2025 • 7:30 a.m. • Bellingham, WA Confirmed Immigration Raid #SHARE 1/4

Tax the rich? UW economist calls WA a ‘tax haven like the Cayman Islands’ Professor Jacob Vigdor has conservative bonafides and raised progressives' ire with his past research on the minimum wage. But now he's all in for Washington to tax the rich.

The notion that taxing the tech oligarchy is somehow a bad idea just got another nail in the coffin today thanks to UW economist Jake Vigdor, who can hardly be accused of progressive partisanship. 🧵 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Gov Ferguson missed the mark with his stern lecture. Good leaders inspire, not patronize. Good leaders commit to people-based values, not protecting the uber wealthy. Good leaders provide vision, not a 5-item to-do list to an independent #waleg. Good leaders fire people up, not wag fingers at them.

Op-Ed: Bruce Harrell’s Long History of Covering for Abusers - The Urbanist # Over his career, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has repeatedly covered for abusers, exhibiting a dismissiveness toward women and a pattern of punching down against vulnerable people rather than standin...

NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Bruce Harrell’s Long History of Covering for Abusers www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/19/o...

Top Ferguson aide resigns amid hostile workplace allegations • Washington State Standard Gov. Bob Ferguson’s top advisor and closest political confidant resigned Wednesday amid complaints that he fomented a toxic workplace that contributed to the departure of another key administration of...

Gov. Bob Ferguson’s top advisor and closest political confidant resigned Wednesday amid complaints that he fomented a toxic workplace that contributed to the departure of another key administration official. #waleg washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/03/19/t...

Resignations in Ferguson's office follow toxic workplace complaints, lawmakers say Two Democratic state lawmakers said they'd heard concerns over the workplace culture allegedly fostered by Gov. Bob Ferguson's longtime top aide, Mike Webb.

👏Listen 👏 to 👏 women 👏
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

I trust and believe women. Full stop. Period. End of sentence.

Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers’ town halls as Republicans hide from voters The GOP struggles to defend the unpopular Trump administration’s policies.

"Randall hosted a morning town hall Saturday in Bremerton that filled up in minutes. Rather than turning the overflow crowd away, she immediately held a 2nd session. 'I want to hear from everyone who took the time out of their day to be here,' she wrote online..."

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WA’s sunny days spell trouble for snowpack One water manager described the situation — below-normal snowpack coupled with a statewide drought emergency — as "ominous."

"This January is on track to be one of the five driest on record in Seattle… Snowpack lags across much of Washington and the statewide drought emergency persists, foreshadowing a potentially hazardous summer. Federal reservoirs sit at a fraction of their normal capacity."

My uber driver today thought I was a legislator soooo I guess that means the fit ate ?? 🤪

Your daily reminder not to challenge me in a debate, unless you want to lose. 🫶