Washington’s education system is undergoing a quiet but sweeping transformation. At the center of this shift is a framework called Mastery-Based Learning (MBL), a model championed by the Washington State Board of Education (SBE) and embedded in a multi-year initiative...
Washington voters have seen this before. Back in 2020, legislators tried to pass SJR 8212, a constitutional amendment to allow investment of state-held trust funds, including one for long-term care. Voters rejected it — by more than 55% — because they didn’t trust the...
As federal immigration enforcement intensifies, Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is charting a bold course to protect immigrant workers and restore transparency in labor practices. His 2025 Labor Report is a legislative blueprint for 2026 and beyond. Here’s what...
Washington State has reached an agreement that preserves key portions of Senate Bill 5375, requiring clergy to report suspected child abuse, while carving out a narrow exemption for confessional confidentiality. This stipulation, filed by the Attorney General’s Office...
Last week, the House Civil Rights and Tribal Relations Committee held a work session to review the state’s Keep Washington Working Act (KWW), the 2019 law that restricts cooperation between local agencies and federal immigration authorities. This meeting was meant to...
On September 29, 2025, the Domestic Extremism and Mass Violence Task Force held its fifth meeting to advance its mission of creating a public health framework to prevent extremism and mass violence in our state, with a final report due to the legislature by December...
On September 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) formally requested Washington State’s complete voter registration list (VRL), including names, birthdates, residential addresses, and partial Social Security numbers. The goal being to ensure compliance with...
On September 10th, Superintendent Chris Reykdal stood at the Old Capitol Building in Olympia and told Washington parents a story that sounded too good to be true. According to him, student test scores have seen a “remarkable” recovery since the pandemic. Here’s the...
Today, September 9, 2025, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often called the “Nation’s Report Card”, released its latest results for 12th-grade students in reading and math, and for 8th-grade students in science. The findings are not just...
In 2019, before anyone had heard the word “COVID,” the Washington State Legislature passed Senate Bill 5260. It wasn’t controversial. In fact, it was nearly unanimous: 44–2 in the Senate and 98–0 in the House. Governor Jay Inslee signed it into law on May 21, 2019. At...
