A call for ballot clarity from an unlikely part of Washington
Crosscut Central Washington reporter Emily McCarty tells us what she found in rural, conservative Garfield County where seniors could lose critical transportation in the wake of I-976.
Crosscut Central Washington reporter Emily McCarty tells us what she found in rural, conservative Garfield County where seniors could lose critical transportation in the wake of I-976.
If Initiative 976 survives the courts, it will mean cuts to bus hours and, possibly, staff.
Garfield County voters helped pass the initiative for $30 car tabs. But its elected officials are worried they'll lose their entire transit system as a result.
In a memorandum of understanding signed Monday, the two leaders committed $44 million to explore rebuilding the span between the two states.
Voters gutted transportation budgets statewide in this year's election, but supporters of the effort to ease transit between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., see a path forward.