Author Archives: kenf

10 May
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The Stranger: Finally, a Crime Dashboard You Should Care About

Any casual observer of our local debate on public safety will know that dashboards are all the rage these days. Mayor Bruce Harrell campaigned on his love of data visualization. The Purge cosplayers over at the Seattle Police Officers Guild ...

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21 Apr
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Join us for an in-person town hall

Dear neighbors: Would you like to know what issues the Legislature took action on this session? Do you have questions about specific legislation? You’re invited to join your 45th District lawmakers for an in-person town hall on Saturday, April 30 ...

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20 Apr
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Seattle Times: Women of color are changing the dialogue in WA’s Legislature

By Manka Dhingra and Rebecca Saldaña Special to The Times “No two countries run by women would ever go to war.” That recent judgment by Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg may be open to debate, but we have seen ...

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07 Apr
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Seattle Medium: Inslee Signs Legislation Boosting Access To Community-based Behavioral Health Treatment Into Law

Last week, Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation into law that will improve access to community-based treatment for people with serious behavioral health issues and make it easier for families to get their loved one’s care when they need it, without ...

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06 Apr
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Bellevue Reporter: Community health centers are the backbone of equity in our healthcare system

By Manka Dhingra and Lisa Yohalem Special to the Bellevue Reporter. After two years on the frontlines of pandemic response, our health care system has taken a beating. Providers such as community health centers have felt serious impacts on their workforce ...

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31 Mar
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Crosscut: New WA police accountability law can now include past misconduct

The body that licenses police officers in Washington state has decided to apply a new police accountability law to past misconduct, instead of only to officer misconduct that occurred after the law took effect last July. The vote by the ...

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30 Mar
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Woodinville Weekly: State funds $5 million for Woodinville trestle widening

The city of Woodinville recently secured $5 million in state funding to begin designing and constructing the SR 202 Capacity and Safety Improvement Project. “The trestle funding was successful due to years of work from staff, current and former council ...

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25 Mar
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Crosscut: Sending disabled students out of state gains WA lawmakers’ attention

Sen. Manka Dhingra has called for a joint session to address the practice, which splits up families and costs taxpayers millions. As schools in Washington continue to ship students with disabilities to other communities, state lawmakers say they plan to ...

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17 Mar
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Columbia Basin Herald: WA Republicans call out partisanship while Dems tout bipartisan successes

OLYMPIA – Wash. House and Senate Republicans are expressing frustration with a growing partisan legislature, which they say they witnessed during the recent state legislative session. Washington is a Democrat-majority state with Republicans often have a hard time standing in ...

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15 Mar
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That’s a wrap

Dear neighbors, Each year since I came to the Senate, we have finished on time, with a balanced budget that puts people first. This year was no different. Last Thursday, when we passed the budget and brought the 2022 legislative ...

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