On this week-in-review, Crystal Fincher and Josh Cohen discuss:

🗣️ Ferguson/Reichert debate

📋 New poll on statewide initiatives

🏫 Seattle Public Schools closure proposals

💵 New progressive PAC backs Rinck

🏘️ Zahilay proposes $1B for workforce housing

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.

Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter/X at @finchfrii and find today’s co-host, Josh Cohen at @jcohenwrites.

On this week-in-review, Crystal Fincher and Daniel Beekman discuss:

✅ Public Lands recount done

⛪ Church sues City of Burien

📈 Seattle City Light rate hike

🙅🏽‍♀️ Judge Vaddadi refutes Ann Davison

📚 Seattle Public Library back up

🤦 SCC stalls on social housing

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.

Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter/X at @finchfrii and find today’s co-host, Daniel Beekman, at @DBeekman.

In a competitive race between two Democrats, Melissa Demyan, a labor organizer, is challenging 20-year incumbent Larry Springer for a 45th district state house seat.

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.

Follow us on Twitter/X at @HacksWonks. Find the host, Crystal Fincher at @finchfrii and find Melissa Demyan at @MelissaDemyan.

On this week-in-review, Crystal Fincher and Ashley Nerbovig discuss:

🖐️ CPL hand recount underway

💔 King Co Council votes to keep youth jail open

🚈 Light rail to Lynnwood opens

🏘️ Tacoma tenants rights law goes to court

🙄 Pierce Co homeless stability site fight

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.

Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter/X at @finchfrii and find today’s co-host, Ashley Nerbovig, at @AshleyNerbovig.

Washington's Vision Zero initiative, aimed at eliminating traffic fatalities, faces setbacks as road deaths have surged in recent years. Ryan Packer, transportation reporter for The Urbanist, joins Hacks & Wonks to discuss what infrastructure improvements lead to real traffic safety and how Seattle’s new $1.55B transportation levy aims to address some of these safety challenges.

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @HacksWonks. Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter at @finchfrii and find Ryan Packer at @typewriteralley.

On this week-in-review, Crystal Fincher and Erica Barnett discuss:

🌲 CPL race heads to recount

🪚 Brutal austerity budget process begins in Seattle

🎭 Aurora Ave in Seattle vs Shoreline

🏠 Moore’s planned renter protection repeal

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.

Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter/X at @finchfrii and find today’s co-host, Erica Barnett, at @ericacbarnett.

Hacks & Wonks hosted a 2024 Post-Primary Roundtable on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 to bring an insider’s view of the recent Washington state primary election results. 

By bringing together a panel of seasoned political strategists, the program offered a unique lens through which to view the results. Since these campaign experts have been in the trenches, crafting messages, crunching numbers, and reading the electoral tea leaves for years, they cut through the noise and spin to give insights not found in typical news coverage.

Panelists:

• Riall Johnson, Principal Partner at Prism West

• Stephen Paolini, Principal at Bottled Lightning Collective

• Heather Weiner, Political Consultant with PowerHouse Strategic

• Crystal Fincher, Political Consultant with Fincher Consulting and Hacks & Wonks Host

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com.

You can follow Hacks & Wonks on Twitter at @HacksWonks. Find the host, Crystal Fincher on Twitter at @finchfrii and find today’s special guests, Riall Johnson at @RiallJohnson, Stephen Paolini at @stephenpaolini, and Heather Weiner at @hlweiner.

On this week-in-review, Crystal Fincher and Robert Cruickshank discuss:

🫠 Seattle City Council meltdown

💸 School funding crisis continues

🌲 Public Lands race still tight

🚨 Surprise endorsement in Seattle race

🥊 Moderates creamed in primary results

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.

Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter/X at @finchfrii and find today’s co-host, Robert Cruickshank at @cruickshank.

On this week-in-review, Crystal Fincher and Rian Watt discuss:

🗳️ Primary election results 

🔒 Dems fear Lands Commissioner lockout 

🤬 SCORE jail contract approved over public protest

😤 Council delays social housing initiative

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.

Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter/X at @finchfrii and find today’s co-host, Rian Watt at @rianwatt.

As Washington voters prepare to elect a new justice to the state's highest court, candidate Sal Mungia highlights his extensive legal experience and judicial philosophy as key qualifications for the position.

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @HacksWonks. Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter at @finchfrii and find Sal Mungia at https://www.salforjustice.com/