JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Non-partisan. Independent.
Next City Council Meeting is October 29, 2026
Working hard to support local businesses!
An advocate for airport issues!
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.
A light rail train heads west from the Judkins Park light rail station in Seattle. This station and Mercer Island’s open Saturday, connecting Seattle with the Eastside across Lake Washington. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) By Mike Lindblom Seattle Times transportation reporter Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s
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Maritime High School students take their last voyage of the year aboard the Admiral Jack on the Duwamish River in West Seattle. The students use the 40-foot passenger ferry as their floating classroom and… (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times, 2022)More By Denisa R. Superville Seattle Times education reporter Education Lab is a Seattle Times
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Sound Transit staff have presented a range of scenarios to the board for deferring lines to address its budget shortfall. Anthony Bolante | PSBJ By Akielly Hu – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Mar 18, 2026 Story Highlights What’s This? Sound Transit faces a $35 billion budget shortfall over two decades. The Ballard light rail line costs
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A male pink salmon — the species is sometimes referred to as humpback salmon — swims in the Green River at Flaming Geyser State Park in southwest King County last fall. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times) March 15, 2026 at 6:00 am Updated March 15, 2026 at 6:01 am By Isabella Breda Seattle Times staff
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They tap the rainy day fund, cut child care and commit $1 billion to legal payouts. Republicans say the state is overspending on track for more fiscal trouble. By: Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street – March 11, 2026 4:23 pm The Washington state Capitol in Olympia on March 7, 2026. (Photo by Bill Lucia/Washington State
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Greg Nance Guest column Updated March 9, 2026, 4:52 p.m. PT A curious thing happened in Olympia last week. The Mosquito Fleet Act, a bill I sponsored that would enable more passenger ferry service in Puget Sound, passed the House of Representatives 84 to 11. Then 41 people had registered to testify in support for
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Citrini and Alap Shah Feb 22, 2026 Preface What if our AI bullishness continues to be right…and what if that’s actually bearish? What follows is a scenario, not a prediction. This isn’t bear porn or AI doomer fan-fiction. The sole intent of this piece is modeling a scenario that’s been relatively underexplored. Our friend Alap
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The Port of Everett is moving forward with its plans to redevelop the Mukilteo waterfront. Courtesy of the Port of Everett By Akielly Hu – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Feb 26, 2026 Updated Feb 27, 2026 9:59am PST Story Highlights What’s This? The Port of Everett will launch a developer search this spring for the 26-acre Mukilteo
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Features Ferries Transit Transportation Mosquito Fleet Act Seeks to Throw Ferry-Oriented Communities a Lifeline By Ryan Packer – February 16, 2026 Share Facebook Twitter ReddIt Linkedin Email Print A proposal to empower local governments across Puget Sound to set up their own passenger ferry districts, the
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When President Trump said he wanted to drive housing prices up, not down, he was speaking to a conundrum that has flummoxed policymakers for decades. New homes in Daybreak, Utah. In the years since the Covid-19 pandemic, home prices have risen about 50 percent. Credit…Kim Raff for The New York Times By Conor Dougherty Feb. 4, 2026
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