Passed during the legislature's 2026 Regular Session, HB 2632 makes linguistic changes in how state law refers to individuals ...

In legal terms, zombie homes are residential properties that owners have vacated and abandoned—often amidst pending mortgage ...

Washington is home to approximately 130 data centers, 10th-highest of any US state. As proposals for large data centers continue to increase, Washington local governments face major policy challenges.

As defined in A Primer for Local Governments Understanding Data Centers, data centers are “facilities that provide critical infrastructure to power modern digital services.” Depending on the size of ...

For many victims of crypto fraud, the nightmare begins in the form of an urgent phone call, text, or email. The contact may say they are from law enforcement, or a bank, or they might sound like a ...

This year the Washington State Legislature continued to consider and pass new laws intended to strengthen and protect our state’s election systems. These changes address access to elections services, ...

This blog includes brief summaries and analysis of eight bills related to land use planning and housing that were passed during the most recent Washington State legislative session and signed into law ...

Agency use of Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) is on the rise. ALPRs can be an effective investigative and enforcement tool given their ability to quickly capture and transmit vehicle data to ...

As I mentioned in PRA 2025 – A Year in Flux in January, we have been watching the progress of SB 6002 (aka “The Driver Privacy Act”) in the Washington State ...

Local government officials sometimes discover they have made procedural errors in assuming office—perhaps because of a missed or unfiled oath, an improperly timed appointment, or a residency issue ...

This new law allows non-exempt hourly employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to take a federal income tax deduction for the total amount of “qualified overtime compensation” received.

The FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026 TM is arriving in the Pacific Northwest in June 2026. Seattle will host six matches, and Vancouver, BC, will host seven. Nine other cities throughout the state have been ...