Author: Callie Craighead
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Executive Zahilay applauds Governor Ferguson’s signing of legislation to expand employment eligibility for corrections officers
Summary King County Executive Girmay Zahilay released the following statement after Governor Bob Ferguson signed Engrossed Senate Bill 5068, aligning employment eligibility standards for corrections officers with federal work authorization requirements to address staffing shortages. Statement “King County, like many other jurisdictions in Washington state and around our country, is facing a shortage of corrections officers that endangers the health and safety of…
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On 100th day, Executive Zahilay signs new Executive Order to strengthen King County’s governance practices and financial stewardship
Summary Executive Girmay Zahilay announced an Executive Order establishing better governance practices to strengthen financial oversight and improve accountability and transparency in government operations. Story Today, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay signed a new Executive Order to strengthen King County’s governance and financial management practices. The Executive Order calls for stronger cost controls and establishes governance practices that promote better accountability and transparency. The…
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Executive Zahilay proposes new legislation to fund critical road and bridge repairs following December’s historic flooding emergency
Summary Executive Zahilay proposed legislation to fund emergency repairs to roads and bridges that were damaged by the December flooding emergency. Story Today, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay announced new legislation to fund urgent repairs to roads and bridges damaged by the flood emergency in December by temporarily expanding the allowable uses of the Real Estate Excise Tax 2 (REET 2). “The unprecedented and devastating floods in December caused extensive…
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Executive Zahilay Signs New Executive Order to Strengthen Protections and Support for King County’s Immigrant and Refugee Communities
Summary Executive Girmay Zahilay announced an Executive Order to strengthen protections and services for King County’s immigrant and refugee communities, including new funding for emergency resources. Story Today, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay signed a new Executive Order to strengthen protections and increase emergency resources for King County’s immigrant and refugee communities impacted by the increase in federal immigration enforcement activities. In January, Executive Zahilay hosted four immigration roundtable convenings in North, Central, South, and East…
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King County Challenges Unconstitutional Federal Funding Restrictions in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Seattle – Today, King County presented oral arguments in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in downtown Seattle in Martin Luther King, Jr. County, et al., v. Scott Turner, et al., arguing that the anti-DEI, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion directives the Trump Administration has attached to funding appropriated by Congress are illegal and unconstitutional. “No one is above the law, and the constitution in this case is crystal clear: spending…