Voters in the 45^th Legislative District will decide which party controls the State Senate in Olympia this November. Republicans currently in control of the Senate lose their majority if voters select ultra-lefty Manka Dhingra. (Read more here)

The office of Attorney General Bob Ferguson has decided against defending the cyberstalking law in a federal court, claiming the decision should be decided by state courts.

With 3 days until the 2-year deadline is up, I-405 tolls have yet to meet their benchmarks. The lanes need to make enough revenue to cover their operation costs – which they report is, “doing very well,” but also need to meet a second requirement. “It’s not meeting the 45 miles-per-hour metric 90 percent of the time,” State Tolling Director Ed Barry said of the second benchmark requirement.

Interim Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess has decided to keep the police body cam program that begins its newest phase on September 30^th – requiring all West Precinct officers to wear body cams.

Enrollment rates in Seattle schools have dropped, bringing in lower numbers than expected. Teachers and staff members in 18 schools across the area will now be moved to other schools to accommodate the changing enrollment.

Lakeside will be opening a “micro-school” in downtown Seattle next year that will have room for 160 students and hold a tuition rate of $17,500 – compared to their main campus $33,000-a-year-tuition. “We’re looking at a high-quality academic education, at a central location, at a price point that is more accessible for middle-class families,” Sue Belcher, head of the Downtown School, said.

Snohomish County Councilmember Nate Nehring is working to “make sure we’re not having these safe injection sites anywhere near Snohomish County.” He has proposed an emergency moratorium, saying, “What this is, is basically a six-month moratorium which says you can’t site any safe injection sites within unincorporated Snohomish County. That gives us the opportunity during those six months to put through a permanent ordinance…it’s more of a preventative measure.”

A state audit of WSU revealed the school misappropriated $17,000 of grant funding when they used the money for two employees that did not have the required amount of involvement in NASA projects the grant money was intended for. The school has said the report gave, “an inaccurate and incomplete context of the situation.” 

Former Spokane County Sheriff deputy Donald B Henderson has been found guilty on charges of stealing around $650,000 from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration.

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