Environmental lobby puppet, Gov. Inslee, once again turned his back on Eastern and rural Washington when he vetoed an overwhelmingly bipartisan school siting bill. HB 1017 would have alleviated growing pains for many districts which have run out of space to house their classrooms. “It’s a shame the governor, despite his continued talk of one Washington, is not serious about treating rural communities the same as urban communities,” Bob McCaslin (R-Spokane Valley) said.

Inslee has been using his bill signings to condemn national politics, rather than focusing on our state. He couldn’t even hold back his snarky comments during a bill signing for legislation regarding children’s mental health.

Uber has been fined $40,000 by the Attorney General for sending unsolicited texts that failed to give recipients an option to opt-out in Washington.

Seattle won’t give up their bikeshare idea, despite the taxpayer bailout for the last attempt to the tune of $1.4 million. Two private companies are working on the city to allow their smartphone-based bikeshare programs, but a final decision has yet to be made.

Seattle’s median home price shot up $22,000 in April, to $722,000. The Eastside home prices have also gone up, with reports showing the median price coming in at $880,000.

Seattle Police Department arrested one of their own officers on drug-trafficking charges on Saturday, along with three other individuals. Although information from the case is sealed for now, it has been confirmed that the officer is on administrative leave without pay.

Tony Hazel was sworn in as the newest Spokane County Superior Court Judge last Friday. Hazel was selected by Gov. Inslee and will hold his position until 2020.

38,648 runners and walkers showed up for Spokane’s 7.5 mile Bloomsday race this weekend, with hundreds of volunteers pitching in to make it a success.

“Of the tiny group of workers (just 2.6% of all workers in the U.S.) who earn minimum wage, 45% are under the age of 25, and 60% are under the age of 30,” Erin Shannon wrote in the third installment of, “Debunking minimum wage myths.” This Washington Policy Center series is helping shine the light on liberals promoting false assumptions like the average minimum wage worker is 36.

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