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Laurel Demkovich

Indiana, Olympia

Reporter at Cascade PBS

Reporter @CascadePBSNews

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  • 1 week ago | cascadepbs.org | Laurel Demkovich

    Washington’s cap on yearly rent increases is just over a month old, but implementing the law is already sowing confusion for both tenants and landlords. The law caps increases at 7% of a person’s rent plus inflation – no more than 10% total. The Department of Commerce calculates the cap amount each June. The law passed the Legislature in April and went into effect immediately with Gov. Bob Ferguson’s signoff last month.

  • 2 weeks ago | cascadepbs.org | Laurel Demkovich

    Gov. Bob Ferguson and Seattle leaders are urging peaceful gatherings ahead of Saturday’s nationwide protests against President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies. Thousands are expected to gather for “No Kings” protests in Seattle, Olympia, Spokane and many more cities across the state following a week of escalating demonstrations across the country.

  • 3 weeks ago | cascadepbs.org | Laurel Demkovich

    “To be conservative has now been equated with being angry and engaging in grievance politics, and it’s just not for me,” said Flake, former ambassador to Turkey and current director of the Institute of Politics at Arizona State University. Listen to the full sessions on the weekly Cascade PBS Ideas Festival podcast. Flake served in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019 and knows firsthand what it’s like to stand up to President Donald Trump.

  • 1 month ago | cascadepbs.org | Laurel Demkovich

    The first months of the Trump administration have brought layoffs, closures and confusion to free preschool programs, compounded by state funding woes.

  • 1 month ago | cascadepbs.org | Laurel Demkovich

    Gov. Bob Ferguson filed a brief Tuesday in support of a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s tariffs, which the Democratic governor argued are “unlawful, arbitrary” and disproportionately harmful to Washington. Ferguson and two dozen politicians, labor unions, economic development organizations and local governments signed onto an amicus brief in support of a multistate lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade against four of President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

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8 Mar 24

RT @jeanjeanielindz: This one's for the press girlies who kicked serious butt in Olympia this session. The #waleg press corps has never loo…

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29 Feb 24

RT @TheImpactTVW: On The Impact this week: initiative hearings and late session takeaways. Press panel with @reporterellen @SpokesmanRevie…

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27 Feb 24

RT @dospueblos: Senate Dems have said no a second time to passing a rent 'stabilization' bill. This time it lapsed in the Ways and Means Co…