As Washington students prepare to head back to school this fall, parents face a growing and concerning shift in how youth mental health and safety are managed in our state. The recently passed HB 1296 has made it harder for parents to access their child’s mental and...
In our recent article, Washington’s Firearm Sales Plummet After Aggressive Gun Control Push, we exposed how 2023's HB 1240 and other sweeping laws led to a 45.7% drop in firearm sales - the steepest decline of any state. But while gun purchases have slowed, something...
n 2023, the Washington State Legislature made headlines with a string of sweeping gun control laws, most notably House Bill 1240—an unprecedented “assault weapons ban” that prohibits the sale, manufacture, and import of a wide range of semi-automatic firearms. Now,...
On July 23, 2025, the House Public Records Office announced the reinstatement of a 30-day auto-delete policy for emails in the “Deleted Items” folders of House members and their legislative assistants, effective July 30, 2025. Presented as a simple administrative fix,...
On July 25, Washington State Superintendent Chris Reykdal announced that the U.S. Department of Education will release over $137 million in federal K–12 education funds that had been temporarily withheld for review under President Trump’s executive priorities. This...
