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Washington Governor Bob Ferguson agreed to a $4,000 ethics settlement after admitting he violated state ethics law by flying former adviser Mike Webb on a State Patrol aircraft. Furthermore, the same week the settlement was announced, Axios revealed a secret approval policy requiring most state agencies to clear press releases and reporter responses through the…
A King County DCHS program manager allegedly funneled approximately $813,000 in public grants to her own daughter, two brothers, a cousin, and a sister-in-law through 19 contracts issued between 2022 and 2025. Furthermore, county officials received a complaint about the conflict of interest as early as 2020 — and did not formally investigate until 2025….
