October 12, 2023
An analysis of rising poverty in Washington State
In recent weeks, you may have seen troubling national headlines such as “Child poverty more than doubles — a year after hitting record low, Census data shows” and “Poverty Rate…
July 21, 2023
The Importance of Top-Ticket Election Data by LD
We see state legislature election results on a legislative district level all the time, but we rarely see how other candidates—for instance, candidates running statewide—perform at the state legislative district…
May 22, 2023
3rd Annual Session Awards
Hey team– Session 2023 is officially over! Sorta. A special session has been called by the Governor to resolve the Supreme Court’s Blake decision. We wrote about it last year,…
May 16, 2023
Where Are They Now: Leg Edition
Nuggets – It’s done! Yesterday was Sine Die - that means we’ve reached that light at the end of the legislative session tunnel. Three of our four remaining priority bills…
April 20, 2023
(◕‿◕✿) make LAs ur BFFs (◕‿◕✿)
Kitty cats – We’ve passed the last and final cutoff. That means bills are either dead, headed to the Governor’s desk, or are headed through concurrence—which is where the House…
April 14, 2023
What Data Says About Possible Democracy Reforms In Kent
Andrew Hong, Washington Community Alliance Redistricting Map Plans: Kent City Council Redistricting We assembled six different Kent City Council map proposals—three 5-district maps and three 7-district maps—to measure possible effects…
April 14, 2023
Keeping Up with the NIMBYs
Snickerdoodles – This week was fiscal cutoff week which means bills that cost money had to clear their fiscal committee by Tuesday April 4th to stay alive. In the House,…
April 6, 2023
4 Gems in the Budget
Darlings– *Big Hunger Games Voice* Our Top Six all survived cutoff and moved out of their Senate policy committees. That’s good news. Other good news? The Washington Supreme Court ruled…
March 30, 2023
The Budgets Are Coming!
Darlings– The sun is shining. Birds are chirping. Our seeds are in the ground, and the legislature is laying the seeds for the next couple years of spending in the…
