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Cascade Party Press

Jeff Kelly, bus collage.

Everett Voters Should Decide the Future of Our Transit

by Jeff Kelly (September 8, 2026)

Olympia changed the rules to cut out voters.
Let’s support public transportation but not transit consolidation.

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Rep. Tarra Simmons pulling $$$ from capitol dome.

Corruption & Abuse of Power in Olympia

(September 2, 2026)

Representative Tarra Simmons slushed campaign cash to her boyfriend through nonprofit group.
Equity in Education Center Squanders Tax Money.
Whistleblower targeted.

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Rep. Tarra Simmons w/ doggie.

The Undoing of Representative Tarra Simmons

By Krist Novoselić (August 31, 2026)

Self Dealing Inside Olympia’s “Spending Problem”.
Legislator to pay $35,000 in fines and reimbursements.

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Social Housing Sign.

Seattle Social Housing Will Spend at Least $88,000 to Find Its Next CEO

By Megan Blackburn Friend (August 27, 2026)

August 20, 2026 Seattle Social Housing meeting report.

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Magnifying glass w/ qualitative / quantitative.

Semantic Drift: When Research Plays Telephone.

By Megan Blackburn Friend (August 18, 2026)

Researcher critical of arrrest diversion program data.

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Damon Townsend.

Election Integrity Deserves More Than Speculation.

By Damon Townsend (July 27, 2026)

Damon Townsend shares his election supervising experience.
An analysis of recently released, redacted federal documents.

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Screenshot of meeting.

Seattle Social Housing wants a CEO. First it has to hire someone to find one.

By Megan Blackburn Friend (July 22, 2026)

July 16, 2026 Seattle Social Housing meeting report.

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Seattle Social Housing Reporting

Best coverage of Seattle's social housing experiment.

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