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Fraud Probe Uncovers $1M Embezzlement in Tiny Washington Town
A recent audit by the Office of the Washington State Auditor has revealed that Morton’s clerk-treasurer embezzled over $900,000 in public funds. Washington State Auditor Reports Major Embezzlement Scandal in Morton. In a shocking revelation, the Office of the Washington State Auditor has uncovered a staggering $937,584 embezzled by...
WA scuttles $200,000 sale of two retired state ferries
Washington’s nearly two-year effort to unload a pair of retired state ferries ran aground this week. Officials with Washington State Ferries announced Thursday they had nixed an agreement to sell the Elwha and Klahowya for $100,000 each to Nelson Armas who planned to tow them to Ecuador to be scrapped. This might turn out to […]
WA Board of Ed looks to expand controversial ethnic studies graduation requirement
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Board of Education is moving closer to officially updating and expanding a 2021 resolution that established an ethnic studies graduation requirement Board members discussed “incorporating Ethnic Studies into the legislative platform, and/or addressing Ethnic Studies through the FutureReady graduation requirements initiative,” according to the agenda for Thursday’s virtual board of education meeting. According to the board’s website, FutureReady – implemented this summer –...
Eye for an eye? One Washington execution was not equal to its crime
You might think of Washington as a progressive state. But unbelievable as it may seem, Washington State only fully abolished the death penalty in 2023. The state's last execution was just 13 years prior. Whether you approve or disapprove of capital punishment, there's a curious outlier among the 110 executions in Washington.
Washington Declared One of the ‘Loosest’ States in the Nation
Washington Declared One of the ‘Loosest’ States in the Nation. I grew up hearing the phrase, “live hard and play hard.” How about someone who professes to live tight or loose? My mind instantly went in a different direction, when reading about “loose people.” I’m assuming yours did too.
First-time buyer affordability at lowest point in four years
Sep. 6—MOSES LAKE — That starter home may be out of reach a while longer, according to real estate market reports. According to the University of Washington's Washington Center for Real Estate Research, the Housing Affordability Index for First-Time Homebuyers statewide is at its lowest point since at least 2020. The index is calculated based on the average income and home price in a given ...
Time is tight for GOP lawsuit in lands commissioner race
With only six weeks before voting begins in Washington’s November election, state Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh acknowledged that time is tight for his party’s legal challenge against recount results in the state lands commissioner primary. On Thursday, the party filed a lawsuit against King County over the use of an online system to aid […]
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