JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Articles from around the area, including re-prints from various newspapers (provided under Fair-Use provision.) These are information only, which means that many, Many, MANY of these do not represent my point of view. (Seriously, they don’t.) I just want you to know what’s out there being discussed by electeds that concern Des Moines.
By Anna Patrick Seattle Times staff reporter The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is funded by BECU, Campion Foundation, Raikes Foundation and Seattle Foundation. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project Homeless content. After months of infighting over what to do about a small but growing unsheltered homeless population, Burien’s City Council approved a new
... continue reading.The Clarion Inn in Auburn was purchased by the county to house homeless people. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 2021) By Kent Hay Special to The Seattle Times When your job is mostly outside — wading through piles of garbage, hiking across acres of forest and brush to check on tents emanating the
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Among Washington families who took up homeschooling during the pandemic nearly half are sticking with it, according to state data. Why it matters: While some families say homeschooling is a lifeline for kids who struggled in public schools, it’s contributed to enrollment drops, budget shortfalls and potential cuts in many districts, David S. Knight, an assistant professor of education
... continue reading.By Stuart Jenner It is commonly believed K12 students had significant learning losses as a result of Covid. How is the recovery going in Highline, other nearby districts, and in the state as a whole? The newest test data has discouraging news. Just released on the Washington State Report Card in the past week by the Office of
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Sound Transit will pay the city of Kent an additional $1.75 million over two years to extend a staffing agreement because of the delay to open a light rail line in 2026 rather than 2024. The City Council approved the amendment to the contract on Sept. 5. The city and Sound Transit approved a development
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By Steve Hunter Monday, September 11, 2023 3:58pm If the words of six Kent City Council candidates are an accurate indication, voters might be voting on higher taxes next year to pay for more police officers. The six candidates for three council positions agreed during a Sept. 7 Kent Chamber of Commerce forum that more Kent
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By Lawrence Kreisman Special to The Seattle Times HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU gone into a commercial or civic building, a restaurant or a newly remodeled shop in an older building and looked up at the ceiling, only to face galvanized metal HVAC ducts and an array of variously colored pipes? Or looked down at the
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Sep. 4, 2022 at 7:00 am Updated Sep. 4, 2022 at 1:29 pm 1 of 7 | Amara Erickson, 5, left, smiles as she plays her first game of pickleball at Lakeridge Playfield on July 2, 2022. Pickleball is the official sport of the state of Washington. The game was invented on Bainbridge Island in 1965.
... continue reading.By Cathy Duchamp – Assistant Managing Editor, Puget Sound Business Journal Aug 28, 2023 Thirteen Republican state attorneys general sent a letter in July to the CEOs of Fortune 100 companies, including Microsoft, Costco and Boeing, reminding them not to discriminate on the basis of race, “whether under the label of ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ or otherwise.”
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