Javier Valdez has been voted in to replace former Rep. Jessyn Farrel (D-Seattle) in the 46^th District after Farrel vacated the seat to run for mayor of Seattle. Valdez was voted in by the King County Council and will join the Democrat caucus this week.

This should answer any question on whether or not the Governor is serious about finding a solution to education funding and the budget.

Seattle’s favorite socialist introduced legislation for an income tax in the city. Councilmember Kshama Sawant decided to ignore the small fact that an income tax is unconstitutional in Washington State when she introduced the legislation yesterday. Her proposal would take $125 million annually from voters via an income tax.

King County Health officials are still pointing to Vancouver as the example of success for drug injection sites.  Bothell City Councilmember Joshua Freed points out the absurdity in that example saying, “Since (Vancouver) opened their site in 2003, drug deaths have gone from 193 people per year to 931 in 2016… a 490 percent increase in illicit drug deaths.”

Seattle’s City Council voted to, “meet or exceed,” standards previously set by the Paris Agreement, from which the United States officially withdrew from earlier this month.

The “Barefoot Bandit” is using Twitter to attack Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan, who is a former US Attorney, possibly because of her decision to send him to prison and to give the money from movie rights about his crime spree to the victims of his crimes. Colton Harris-Moore, who served six years in prison, is spending his time uploading unflattering photos of Durkan to the internet while simultaneously tweeting insults and declaring his intentions to one day run for political office – despite his fugitive past.

Richland will be home to Washington’s largest solar project by 2019. Neoen, a French company, will be building the 20-megawatt solar project. “The project further solidifies the Tri-Cities’ position as the energy hub for Washington state and confirms that the decision to transfer the land from DOE was correct,” TRIDEC president Carl Adrian said.

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