(The Center Square) – In a reversal, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has ordered that surveillance cameras be turned on during the FIFA World Cup Tournament. Wilson said in a statement Friday that the decision to activate the cameras followed updated information from Seattle police and the FBI “on the current global and local threat environment.” The first of six World Cup games begins in Seattle on June 15. Back in March, Wilson had put a
(The Center Square) – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown says she “generally supports” the recommendations of a regional public safety task force ahead of a potential tax proposal this fall, but her call to prioritize existing resources before determining whether additional jail capacity is needed is attracting criticism. Brown sent a letter on Monday to the Safe & Healthy Task Force, a group focused on addressing a lack of interconnectivity between the county’s criminal justice and
(The Center Square) – The Governor of Montana tells The Center Square he hopes to lure more out of state business expansion into his state, following this week’s announcement that Sedro-Woolley based Janicki Industries chose Great Falls as the site of its next manufacturing campus. “We want entrepreneurs, they’re like golden geese,” said Montana Governor Greg Gianforte in a Thursday interview with The Center Square. “Montana’s open for business. We’ve been deregulating. We’ve eliminated or
(The Center Square) – Damage is estimated at $100,000 after a vandal smashed 13 window casings and two doors on the Washington Legislative building early Thursday. Security film covering on the windows, which was installed after an October 2025 act of vandalism, prevented the windows and doors from shattering, and the suspect did not gain entry to the building. “Department of Enterprise Services staff have boarded up the damaged windows, and the north and west
