U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and other critics are opposing a proposed Trump administration rule that seeks to deregulate Head Start programs by reducing federal standards for health, safety, and education.
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Court Ruling Protects $66 Million In Federal Homelessness Funding For Seattle, King County
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s proposed changes to federal homelessness funding after ruling that HUD failed to follow the legally required public notice-and-comment process.
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Murray Demands Accountability At DHS Before Democrats Will Approve Funding
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
