Review Finds Multiple Police Failures Preceded Violent Response to Counteprotests During Anti-LGBTQ Event in May Police didn’t engage with community before the anti-LGBTQ event, weren’t familiar with Capitol Hill and its history, and referred to protesters as “transtifa,” the report found.

This has been my takeaway. What we witnessed is a fascist so confident in her power and immunity from accountability that she feels free to mock and flaunt the democratic process.

Seattle reaches a $29 million settlement in death of pedestrian killed by SPD officer, school shooting devastates a small BC town, and Seattle Symphony's new musical director, Xian Zhang, shakes up classical music. It's your roundup of news from #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

On a 4-3 vote, Federal Way Councilmember Martin Moore was just removed from his position as Council President. Longtime Councilmember Susan Honda was voted in to replace him.

It appears SPD deliberately failed to disclose its CCTV camera, located on the roof of a building near the East Precinct, as was required by Seattle’s surveillance ordinance.

Updated tonight: @andyengelson.bsky.social reports for PubliCola that the city of Seattle has reached a settlement with the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, the 23-year-old killed by a speeding SPD officer, totaling at least $29 million. publicola.com/2026/02/10/c...

BREAKING: The city of Seattle has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, who was struck and killed by a Seattle police officer in 2023. No word on the the details of the settlement. publicola.com/2026/02/10/c...

Tribes work create salmon habitat on the Stillaguamish River, WA's millionaire tax moves forward, BC Greens leave coalition with NDP, and Oregon Book Award finalists announced. It's your roundup of news & culture from across the #Cascadia #bioregion: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Do you need another reason to show up Wednesday night for @jmaddenmass.bsky.social book talk? #TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt! www.eventbrite.com/e/cedar-cros...

NEW: Washington state senate Ways & Means committee passes SB 6346, a tax on millionaires, moving it forward to the rules committee. Tim Eyman makes some noise in the chamber after the vote and is escorted out, leaving his chair behind.

Cascadia and Bad Bunny win the Super Bowl, Portland's $106 million in unspent housing funds, WA decline in insured not as bad as expected, and how to celebrate Black History Month in Seattle. It's your daily roundup of news and culture from across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Seattle, you know what to do

Holy shit. Um, this is a big problem.

I am HERE for a mosquito fleet of ferries to Discovery Park, Ebey's Landing and Port Townsend.

📢 What you need to know about mitigating Oregon's budget crisis: Senate Bill 1507 explained. 📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS

You have just ONE HOUR LEFT to sign your name in "Pro" for the hearing on the Millionaires Tax today! Stand with working people across WA to demand a fairer tax code and funding for education, health care, and the Working Families Tax Credit: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

Some reporting from Salem, where bills in the Oregon legislature could avoid another austerity budget:

Three detainees are suing GEO Group for systemic violence, sexual and physical assault, against detainees at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma WA www.king5.com/article/news...

Great to hear these ski waxes with forever chemicals are being banned, it's a wonder it took so long.

Hundreds of Seattle-area students walked out of school Thursday and gathered at Seattle City Hall downtown to protest the tactics of federal immigration enforcement officers across the country.

Seattle Police Department Reverses Course on Public Records After Lawsuit Loss SPD provides actual disclosure dates to records requesters after a judge rules they were violating state public disclosure law. publicola.com/2026/02/05/p...

Hundreds here in Salem speaking out against tax cuts for the wealthy

Here at a rally in Salem in support of taxing the wealthy! If you live in Oregon be sure to let your legislators know you support SB 1507 disconnecting OR's tax code from the feds.

A federal judge on Wednesday issued a ruling blocking federal immigration agents from making warrantless arrests in Oregon, joining Washington D.C. and Colorado with similar rules in place. buff.ly/pnsUC4f by @miamaldonado.bsky.social

Court rules ICE can't make arrests without warrants in OR, OR court rules charges must be dismissed for those without a public defender, WA legislature waters down license plate reader bill, and Olympic marmots needs protecting. Your #Cascadia news roundup! www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

The hardest part of my daily newsletter to fill is the arts & culture slot. So much coverage in our region has been absolutely decimated in the last decade. 😢

This is a very big deal. Oregon has been in the midst of a severe public defender crisis, with people incarcerated for long periods of time without legal representation.

By passing a ban on income taxes two years ago, Washington state lawmakers actually guaranteed their ability to consider an income tax on millionaires this session. www.axios.com/local/seattl... #waleg

Follow a cruise ship from Seattle to Alaska & see all the harm it does! Thanks to Andrew Engelson for this stunning 2023 article. Update: the climate impact has risen from 1/3 of Seattle's to now more than half of Seattle's. @andyengelson.bsky.social hakaimagazine.com/features/cru...

The WA legislative bill SB 6002 having to do with ALPRs (license plate readers) passed the Senate today. Unfortunately it passed with the amendment to increase data retention length from 72 hours to 21 days, which is concerning.

In which I explain why I'm only focused on Oregon and Washington when I talk about #Cascadia independence.

I'm here in Salem as legislators grapple with $650 million deficit. There's a rally at the capitol building tomorrow, noon Thurs Feb 5 urging the legislature to raise taxes on the wealthy rather than relying on austerity cuts.

Turns out surging capital gains revenue will give OR legislators $156 million more in the budget than they anticipated. But the state will still need a lot more measures to deal with Trump administration cuts...

The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something

Hanford starts cleanup of highly radioactive mess, judge prohibits ICE from using non-lethal munitions on peaceful protesters, BC faces an austerity budget, and this is Seattle's greatest year in sports. It's your #Cascadia news roundup! www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

On the Amtrak Cascades to Salem. Tahoma looking good this morning.

Missoula, Montana has just: - Eliminated single family zoning - Eliminated parking requirements citywide - Allows 100-125' of height in many of its mixed-use zones with no limits on density or FAR Why is Missoula so much more progressive than Los Angeles?

Mount Hood's Skibowl suspended operations indefinitely, joining Mt. Ashland as warm temperatures and lack of snowfall force closures across Oregon's Cascades.

BTW there are lots of great open source, free Linux-based operating systems and software that are a great alternative to Microsoft products in case you're wondering.

Feds lied about shooting of two immigrants in Portland, WA and OR propose new taxes, BC is halting plan that would make polluters pay for cleanups, and short stories imagine a future eruption of Tahoma. It's your daily news roundup from #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

For those in Cascadia's cities who don't ski or do winter outdoor recreation this is an invisible effect of climate change. But it is just as devastating as high summer temperatures.

WSDOT: Hi SEPA we want to build a massive "diverging diamond" interchange on I-90 at SR-18 to facilitate additional sprawl is that cool? SEPA: Sounds fine to me City of Seattle: Hey SEPA, we'd like to allow people to build more homes in the heart of our city SEPA: Slow down just a minute fella

Statehouse Democrats say Oregon stands to lose an unacceptable amount of money because of tax cuts contained within H.R. 1, the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by Congress last year. Now the party has offered up its idea for taking some of that money back.

The bill establishing a millionaire's tax in Washington has finally been filed. The four Democratic Senators who are not currently co-sponsoring the bill? Marko Liias, Adrian Cortes, Drew Hansen, and Deborah Krishnadasan. app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/...

With a Year of Zoning Changes Ahead, Mayor Wilson Can Still Put an Urbanist Stamp on the "One Seattle Plan" publicola.com/2026/02/02/w...

In the coming days you might well hear arguments that surveillance is the answer to the tragedy of gun violence, and therefore Seattle shouldn't turn off SPD's cameras. I urge you to interrogate this framing.

If you aren't following Kate Starbird's excellent analysis of the Trump administration's carefully calculated messaging to demonize immigrants and prepare to frame future political losses as fraud you should be be...

Local leaders need to do everything they can to get ICE out of Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...