February 2026 – Page 7

Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children

February 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through deliberate design choices that addict kids to their platforms and fail to protect them from sexual predators and dangerous content. Now, these […]

Merkley: Any Military Action Against Iran Requires Congressional Authorization

February 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off

Washington, D.C. – Amid President Trump’s threats against Iran, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—issued the following statement warning against unilateral military action without consultation and authorization from Congress: “Despite […]

Murray Leads WA Delegation in Supporting Governor’s Request for Major Disaster Declaration for Public Assistance to Repair Damage from Historic December Flooding

February 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off

***LETTER HERE*** Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, led Washington state’s entire Congressional delegation in a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to approve Governor Bob Ferguson’s request for a […]

WA lawmakers work to keep bipartisan public defense proposals alive

February 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardFebruary 20, 2026 A framework for assuring the state eventually pays a much greater share of public defense costs in Washington is idling in the Legislature as supporters look for […]

Rollback of mortgage lender tax break eyed to help replenish WA wildfire account

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by Aspen Ford, Washington State StandardFebruary 19, 2026 Legislation to eliminate a Washington state tax break for large mortgage lenders and use the revenue to partially backfill wildfire prevention programs is making progress in Olympia. […]