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.
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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Get updates Follow @mattshumer_ Think back to February 2020. If you were paying close attention, you might have noticed a few people talking about a virus spreading overseas. But most of us weren’t paying close attention. The stock market was doing great, your kids were in school, you were going to restaurants and shaking hands
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by Julie Z. Weil The Washington Post Feb 5, 2026 Tom Brenner WASHINGTON, JANUARY 26: Homes covered with snow, pictured near the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, on January 26, 2026. A massive winter storm touched down over the DMV yesterday, bringing at least six inches of snow to the District. (Photo by Tom Brenner
... continue reading.Byline: Julie Z. Weil What qualifies as a “starter home” these days? Do its owners need to be a certain age or plan to live in it fewer than five years, or maybe 10? Or does the answer simply come down to price? People tend to have their own understanding, but starter homes are typically
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Opinion David Brooks Jan. 30, 2026 Credit…Chris Maggio for The New York Times By David Brooks Opinion Columnist Sign up for The Ethicist newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Advice on life’s trickiest situations and moral dilemmas from the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. Get it sent to your inbox. My grandfather Bernard Levy played a big role in my
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