By Jake Goldstein-Street | Reporter
With less than 2 weeks until the election, the spending in Washington's hottest congressional race has eclipsed $20 million. Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican state Sen. John Braun had spent close to $10 million through their campaigns entering October. Outside groups, including a political action committee tied to the president, have spent even more.
Also in today’s edition…
• Hospitals grapple with a projected billions in lost Medicaid revenue.
• Colorado activists see King County as example of ICE flight transparency.
• And, Utah sues to block Kalshi.
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By Jerry Cornfield
Gluesenkamp Perez has been the target of $4.8 million in opposition spending from the GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund, and Braun almost as much from the House Majority PAC. No Going Back, a political committee tied to President Donald Trump, has dumped $3.9 million into attacking the incumbent. House Speaker Mike Johnson will join Braun at a rally later today to make up for a Chehalis rally that was canceled late last month.
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, left, talks to doctors and healthcare leaders after a press conference on Tuesday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)
By Jake Goldstein-Street
A report released Tuesday projects Washington hospitals will lose $5.8 billion in revenue from steep Medicaid cuts passed in Congress last year. At a news conference, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and healthcare leaders emphasized that the hefty drop in federal funding for the insurance program serving low-income Americans from the tax break and spending cut bill congressional Republicans approved last year will affect all patients, as wait times in emergency rooms rise and premiums for those still insured increase to account for the lost revenue. Staff could be cut and clinics face closure.
By Sara Wilson
Domestic ICE flights happen on a semi-regular basis out of the Denver airport. There were 118 flights between January and August this year, according to research from Human Rights First. They are part of the Trump administration’s program of mass deportations. Advocates began heading to the airport to observe the flights in mid-July. Their goal is to physically witness and count the people being boarded onto these flights and feed it into a national network of volunteer ICE flight observers called Habeas Flight Watch.
The group, as well as other immigrant advocacy organizations, have called on city and airport leadership to increase transparency and local surveillance around ICE flights. They see an example in King County, where county officials in 2023 ordered the airport to log every flight and maintain a livestream to show ICE flight operations. The county recently hired a flight monitoring and outreach coordinator to count passengers and flag safety violations. Activists pressured county officials for years over the issue.
By Katie McKellar
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the state of Utah argued Kalshi has been violating state law and the Utah Constitution, which bans gambling in all forms. It also accuses the company of a “brazen pattern of unlawful conduct” that has “inflicted serious harm” on Utah and its residents, including “gambling-related” harm to Utahns’ mental health.
To pay for those damages, the Utah Attorney General’s Office is asking a judge to force the company to pay the state “unjustly acquired profits,” plus restitution for other damages that the court deems fair.
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