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The Ari Hoffman Show

The Ari Hoffman Show

The Ari Hoffman Show is a current of common sense in a sea of insanity, every Monday through Friday.
The Commute with Carlson

The Commute with Carlson

John Carlson is synonymous with Washington State Politics. Simply put, he is THE conservative voice in Seattle. John gives his unique perspective on local and   […]
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Inslee declines to use veto pen in signing ‘natural gas ban bill’ into law

(The Center Square) – Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday afternoon signed into law a controversial bill meant to allow Puget Sound Energy to start planning how to move away from natural gas. “This bill creates the roadmap and tools for our state’s largest utility to get out of the fossil fuel business and achieve net zero emissions by 2050,” Inslee said of Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1589 during the bill-signing event from the International Brotherhood

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Battle continues over public funds for charter schools in Washington state

(The Center Square) – A decade after the first public charter schools opened in Washington state, there are approximately 1,200 students on waiting lists to get into them, according to this year’s Charter Schools Report prepared by the Washington State Board of Education. Despite the demand and annual reports of high student achievement in charter schools, state lawmakers have been reluctant to expand the number of schools or offer equal funding. Liv Finne, director of

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Portland fentanyl trafficker sentenced to prison

(The Center Square) – Francisco Moncada, 28, a fentanyl and firearms trafficker with residences in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, received a 108-month federal prison sentence plus five years of supervised release this week according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon. Special agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Portland District Office started investigating a drug trafficking organization that operated in Oregon and Washington state in October 2021. Sixth months later, investigators

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‘Government-infused speech’ could kill Washington initiatives this November

(The Center Square) – While the Washington State Legislature passed three initiatives during the recently completed session, three others will go to the voters in November. However, the fate of two of those initiatives could be decided by whether the State Attorney General’s Office concludes they are subject to a new law requiring disclosure of their fiscal impact. In 2022, the Legislature passed House Bill 1876, which requires the AGO to provide “public investment impact

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