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(The Center Square) – Spokane is sending deputies to Seattle for the FIFA World Cup games this June. The international soccer tournament will take place across the United States, Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19. Seattle is hosting six matches and could see law enforcement agencies from across Washington state travel there to provide security as an estimated 750,000 visitors descend on the city. The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is set to
(The Center Square) – Governor Bob Ferguson saved one of the most controversial bills from the 2026 legislative session until Wednesday, the last day for bill signings. SB 5974, the sheriff decertification bill will require county sheriffs and police chiefs to meet new eligibility requirements, which include having at least five years of full-time law enforcement experience, and not having done or said anything that would get state certification revoked by the Criminal Justice Training
(The Center Square) – The Seattle City Council handed sweeping new powers to Mayor Katie Wilson on Tuesday that allow her to pause surveillance camera programs if she thinks the data could be misused. Wilson already paused a program on March 19 that collects data from automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, mounted on the Seattle Police Department’s vehicles. Her directive also paused a 65-camera expansion that the council approved last year for Seattle’s closed-circuit
(The Center Square) – A day after Governor Bob Ferguson signed Washington’s new income tax into law, opponents who have filed a referendum to repeal it have just learned the Secretary of State will not allow them to proceed. Brian Heywood founder of Let’s Go Washington challenged the constitutional argument Democrats used to try to strip voters of say on the matter. The bill sponsors attached a necessity clause to the legislation, declaring the income
