Housing Action, Assault Weapons Ban and the State’s Largest Biennial Budget Among Highlights After 105 days, the 2023 Washington State legislative session came to a close Sunday night. With Democrats controlling the majority in both houses, there were sweeping new restrictions placed on firearm purchases …
How Commissioners, County + Citizens Work Together To Move The County Forward Kitsap County faces important decisions in the coming years, decisions about land use and population growth, development and infrastructure, and who its next leaders will be. As part of our Government 101 series, …
District 1 Vacancy Renews Interest In County’s Top Jobs Local politics are getting a good dust-off post-pandemic and whether you’ve been here your whole life, or you moved here last week, you’re bound to feel the impact as Kitsap County faces important decisions about its …
Crucial Planning Now Underway To Support Population Growth, Affordability Housing has long been said to be a priority on Bainbridge Island. It’s been studied and re-studied throughout recent years, policies have come forward only to die before being enacted, though our community land trust – …
20-Year Update Presents A Generational Opportunity to Shape The Future of Bainbridge Island Bainbridge Island is a beautiful place to live. But it is a beautiful place with some challenges that can’t all be addressed on a year-to-year basis through our elected bodies and city …
Like our local island and county politics, state-level politics in Washington are increasingly impactful and important to post-pandemic life. In our last Government 101 article we discussed all the ways the state’s structure, its institutions, and representatives function. Now we’re going to focus on how …
Speak up, share your voice, and help shape the future of Bainbridge Island In-person small town politics are now getting a good post-pandemic dust-off – and whether you’ve been here your whole life, or you moved here last week, you’re bound to feel the impact …