Senator Patty Murray has called for Republicans to join Democrats in enacting serious reforms to ICE and CBP as part of the DHS appropriations bill, citing recent incidents of abuse and violence by federal agents.
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Posted inLocal - City
Judge Blocks Federal Cuts To School Mental Health Funding
A federal judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Education from cutting funding for school-based mental health programs after a coalition of 16 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging the move.
Posted inState
Brown Secure Court Order To Block Trump Administration From Accessing SNAP Recipient Data
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting a Trump-era directive that would have forced states to hand over sensitive personal data about millions of SNAP recipients to the USDA.
Posted inState
Agreement Forces Trump Administration To Release Withheld Education Funds
Attorneys general from 24 states, including Washington’s Nick Brown, have secured an agreement requiring the Trump administration to release billions in frozen federal education funding by October 3.
Posted inLocal - City
Seattle Voters To Decide On Plan To Cut Small Business Taxes
Seattle voters will decide this November whether to approve the Seattle Shield Initiative, which would reduce taxes for most small businesses and raise revenue from the city’s largest corporations to protect critical local services threatened by federal budget cuts.
Posted inState
States Unite to Challenge USDA’s SNAP Data Request in Court
Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown has joined a coalition of 21 states in filing a lawsuit challenging the USDA’s demand for states to provide personal and sensitive information about millions of SNAP recipients, arguing that it is an unlawful intrusion into the privacy of residents.
Posted inHealth
Double-Digit ACA Premium Increases Loom As Federal Subsidies Decline
Insurers are seeking double-digit premium increases for 2026 due to rising medical costs and uncertainty over the expiration of the ACA’s enhanced tax credits, which could lead to a 75% increase in the average premium cost and a 57% drop in ACA enrollment.
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Cantwell Leads Pushback Against Cuts To Small Business Funding
A group of Senate Democrats, including Maria Cantwell, have written to the Trump administration to demand answers regarding the dismantling of programs that support minority and women-owned small businesses.
Posted inLocal - City
Harrell Proposal Would Restructure B&O Tax To Aid Small Businesses
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck have proposed a plan to address the city’s $251 million budget shortfall by restructuring the Business & Occupation (B&O) tax to provide relief for small and medium-sized businesses while generating $90 million in new annual revenue.
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Senators Urge Trump To Restore Minority Business Development Agency
Five Democratic Senate colleagues, including Sen. Maria Cantwell, are calling on the Trump Administration to explain how it is complying with a federal court order to stop dismantling the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and restore its staffing and grantmaking operations.
