This year, there were only three noteworthy bills relevant for many local governments, and we ended up covering them in ...

Cities and towns operating their own water and electric power systems may enforce payment of delinquent charges by disconnecting service. These materials are informational and are subject to change ...

Just like in other contexts, the solution to a shortage is to provide abundant supply—more home choices and options throughout our communities. Indeed, the data shows that Washington needs to add one ...

Mon: 10 AM - 4:30 PM, Tue and Wed: 9 AM - 4:30 PM, Thu: 9 AM - 4 PM Are you new to a position in local government finance and looking to develop the skills and knowledge to do your job more ...

Below are the steps to help you prepare for the workshop: ...

The Washington Counties Risk Group (WCRG) will provide limited scholarships for this training. Those wishing to take advantage of this offer are asked to respectfully contact your WCRG risk manager, ...

Marquet’s central lesson is that great leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders by giving people authority and ownership. Leadership is not simply about directing others, and ...

This blog updates one originally written in 2019 by Aidan Mathis. Aidan was a legal intern at MRSC in 2019 while he attended the University of Washington School of Law. “First Amendment audits” are a ...

The First Amendment provides broad protection of freedom of speech and places stringent limits on the ability of government to regulate private expression, especially when the regulation discriminates ...

to distinguish between employees protected by just cause provisions and at-will employees, to clarify the main components of Loudermill rights and key features of each, to add information on the role ...

As I mentioned in PRA 2025 – A Year in Flux in January, we have been watching the progress of SB 6002 (aka “The Driver Privacy Act”) in the Washington State ...