WHEREAS Those most affected by the pandemic and the resulting economic slowdown are service workers and others who were already struggling to make ends meet before the arrival of COVID-19; WHEREAS Washington State is...
WHEREAS too many friends and family in our state have been killed by taxpayer-funded law enforcement officers; and even more have been harmed physically and psychologically by the over-militarized, over-funded police and sheriff departments;...
WHEREAS the districts drawn during redistricting affect the ability of all residents to be represented for the next 10 years; and WHEREAS since 1983 Washington State has elected to have a Redistricting Commission which...
Merged into Resolution 970 WHEREAS this country has never healed after the wound it caused itself by the institution of human slavery, and WHEREAS down through the decades and the centuries, this failure to...
WHEREAS the Social Security national insurance program has operated successfully for 85 years and, as long as people are working in this country, payroll taxes will continue to fund Social Security and the program...
WHEREAS there is a widely acknowledged shortfall in infrastructure spending in the nation. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave the country a D+ in its 2017 Report Card and estimates the nation must...
WHEREAS Washington state is facing twin public health and economic crises due to COVID-19. As of July 2020 the state unemployment rate was 10.2 percent as we head into a double-dip recession, and this...
Resolution calling for a sustainable, federally funded water affordability plan similar to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) WHEREAS access to clean, safe water, while always essential to human existence, is particularly critical at...
WHEREAS, on February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American man, went out for a mid-day exercise jog on his day off, near his home in Brunswick, Georgia, wearing running shorts and a white...
Vote “Approve” on Referendum 90 (SB5395) WHEREAS, age-appropriate, comprehensive, and inclusive sex education is critical to the health and safety of Washington’s young people, both short-term and long-term; and WHEREAS, LGBTQ+ young people need sex education...
