Mike Reicher

Seattle

Investigative Reporter at Seattle Times

Investigative reporter @seattletimes. Formerly @tennessean and @ocregister. Reach me at mreicher at https://t.co/tYt64fCqM2 or on Signal @mreicher.01

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An additional $1.1B will go to Washington’s most expensive salmon program

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Reicher

Times Watchdog stories dig deep to hold power accountable, right wrongs and create change. This work is made possible by The Seattle Times Investigative Journalism Fund. Donate today to support watchdog journalism in our community. Another billion dollars of highway construction to restore salmon habitat will likely be coming to Western Washington over the next six years.
Students' families sue special ed school and 2 school districts, accusing neglect and abuse

2 months ago | seattletimes.com | Lulu Ramadan |Mike Reicher

Times Watchdog stories dig deep to hold power accountable, right wrongs and create change. This work is made possible by The Seattle Times Investigative Journalism Fund. Donate today to support watchdog journalism in our community. Two Tacoma-area families are suing the owner of a now-shuttered private special education school, alleging that school staff abused and neglected vulnerable students.
$5B Proposal for Salmon Restoration Aimed at Addressing Tribal Lawsuit

2 months ago | perishablenews.com | Michele Hurtado |Mike Reicher

A group of state lawmakers proposed spending an additional $5 billion for salmon recovery projects stemming from the state’s long-running tribal fishing rights lawsuit. The proposal would be funded by special bonds backed by an existing tax on public utilities that currently funds local public works projects — a reshuffling that has local governments concerned.
$5 billion proposal for salmon restoration aimed at addressing tribal lawsuit

2 months ago | phys.org | Mike Reicher

State lawmakers have revealed a proposal that would authorize special bonds to raise an additional $5 billion for salmon recovery projects stemming from the state's long-running tribal fishing rights lawsuit.
$5 billion proposal for salmon restoration aimed at addressing tribal lawsuit

2 months ago | thederrick.com | Mike Reicher

SEATTLE — State lawmakers revealed a proposal Monday that would authorize special bonds to raise an additional $5 billion for salmon recovery projects stemming from the state’s long-running tribal fishing rights lawsuit. If approved, the bonds would be backed by an existing tax on public utilities that currently funds local public works projects — a reshuffling that has local governments concerned.
$5 billion proposal for salmon restoration aimed at addressing tribal lawsuit

2 months ago | gazettextra.com | Mike Reicher

SEATTLE — State lawmakers revealed a proposal Monday that would authorize special bonds to raise an additional $5 billion for salmon recovery projects stemming from the state’s long-running tribal fishing rights lawsuit. If approved, the bonds would be backed by an existing tax on public utilities that currently funds local public works projects — a reshuffling that has local governments concerned. kAm%96 D2=>@? C64@G6CJ 3@?5D[ 6IA64E65 @G6C `b J62CD[ H@F=5 A2J 7@C C6A=24:?8 (2D9:?8E@?
$5 billion proposal for salmon restoration aimed at addressing tribal lawsuit

2 months ago | arcamax.com | Mike Reicher

SEATTLE — State lawmakers revealed a proposal Monday that would authorize special bonds to raise an additional $5 billion for salmon recovery projects stemming from the state’s long-running tribal fishing rights lawsuit. If approved, the bonds would be backed by an existing tax on public utilities that currently funds local public works projects — a reshuffling that has local governments concerned.
$5 billion proposal for salmon restoration aimed at addressing tribal lawsuit

2 months ago | dailyitem.com | Mike Reicher

SEATTLE — State lawmakers revealed a proposal Monday that would authorize special bonds to raise an additional $5 billion for salmon recovery projects stemming from the state’s long-running tribal fishing rights lawsuit. If approved, the bonds would be backed by an existing tax on public utilities that currently funds local public works projects — a reshuffling that has local governments concerned. kAm%96 D2=>@? C64@G6CJ 3@?5D[ 6IA64E65 @G6C `b J62CD[ H@F=5 A2J 7@C C6A=24:?8 (2D9:?8E@?
Man seriously injured in First Hill hatchet assault; suspect arrested

Mar 17, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Mike Reicher

Seattle police arrested a 50-year-old man in his First Hill apartment Sunday after officers found another man with a life-threatening neck wound, the result of an alleged hatchet attack. Officers responded to a 911 call about someone stabbed by a hatchet around 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Union Street, according to a Seattle Police Department news release. They found a 34-year-old man with a “severe laceration” to his neck.
Washington state’s costly salmon recovery effort heads toward mediation

Mar 9, 2025 | columbian.com | Mike Reicher

SEATTLE — Leaders from western Washington tribes and state officials have agreed to enter mediation about removing salmon migration barriers, reviving a decadeslong court case over tribal treaty fishing rights and habitat damage from generations of building state highways. Lawyers for the two sides asked a federal judge this week to refer the case to mediation, following more than a year of revelations that thrust the state’s multibillion-dollar salmon restoration program into limbo.