In the News

Editorials and Commentary

We are proof that Democrats and Republicans can work together | Seattle Times - Feb. 28, 2023

Steps local governments can take to improve home-ownership rates | The Center Square - Feb. 2, 2023 

Putting politics aside to get the job done | Seattle Times – Jan. 2020

Public safety crisis requires legislative action | Everett Herald – Jun. 2022

We need to recommit to nonviolence in politics | Everett Herald – Jun. 2022

Put sales tax increase for housing before voters | Everett Herald – Dec. 2021

If adults don’t always, youths know need for civility | Everett Herald – Aug. 2021

It’s up to us to chart a path forward and together | Everett Herald – Jan. 2021

Snohomish County has shown its resilience before | Everett Herald – Apr. 2020

Path to apprenticeships now starts at high school | Everett Herald – Jan. 2020

State expects counties to pick up election tab | Everett Herald – Apr. 2019

July 2023

Snohomish County breaks ground at Kayak Point Regional Park | Stanwood Camano News – Jul. 10, 2023
Whitehorse Campground with equestrian campsites now open | Lynnwood Times – Jul. 13, 2023
Snohomish County puts $4.3M into workforce development programs | The Center Square – Jul. 28, 2023


May 2023

Local governments acting as state drug possession law to end | Snohomish Tribune, May 3 

Inslee announces Special Session, County leadership split on illegal drug policy | Lynnwood Times, May 3 

County to consider scheduling a Public Hearing on ordinance to re-criminalize illegal drugs | Lynnwood Times, May 1 

RAP Program to hold Open House, receives ongoing funding | Lynnwood Times, May 26 


April 2023

Ordinance to ban drug possession to be proposed in Snohomish County after legislative session | King 5 News – April 24, 2023 

Comment: After state failure, county must act on drug law | Everett Herald Op-Ed – April 29, 2023  

Snohomish County Councilmember Nehring announces county drug possession bill | The Center Square – April 24, 2023 

Possession of controlled substances will be legal in Washington state starting July 1 | Lynnwood Times – April 24, 2023 

Inside the stunning fall of WA’s drug-possession legislation — and what comes next | Seattle Times - April 25, 2023 

Local governments act after state drug law fails in Legislature | Snohomish Tribune – April 26, 2023


March 2023

We are proof that Democrats and Republicans can work together | Seattle Times - Feb. 28, 2023 

$2 Million in federal funding awarded for flood risk reduction projects | Lynnwood Times - Feb. 28, 2023 

Rural housing pilot could save farmland | Snohomish Tribune - Mar. 15, 2023 


February 2023

More than 2,600 Afghan and Ukrainian refugees now call Snohomish County home | Lynnwood Times – February 14, 2023 

Snohomish County motels bought for homeless housing found contaminated by meth | Komo News – February 23, 2023 

Mead and Nehring kick off Building Bridges Tour in Mill Creek | Lynnwood Times – February 23, 2023 

Snohomish County will switch from an annual to biennial budget | Everett Herald – February 24, 2023

 

January 2023

Snohomish County County Elects Leadership For 2023 | My Everett News, Jan. 5, 2023 
80% of Snohomish County residents live in 'extreme child care desert,' $12M announced in funding | Fox 13, Jan. 12, 2023
Students meet ‘actual people’ behind Snohomish County government | Everett Herald, Jan. 14, 2023
Mead and Nehring host high school students at County Campus | Lynnwood Times, Jan. 15, 2023
Snohomish County Council adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism | Lynnwood Times, Jan. 18, 2023