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Articles by Travis Couture
Taking children from unsafe homes is paramount; parents' treatment, second | Op-Ed
The Seattle Times recently published an editorial that correctly identifies the problem facing Washington’s child welfare system, accurately summarizes the data and then reaches the wrong conclusion. The editorial acknowledges that more than 100 children have died or nearly died in just two years while living in homes already known to be unsafe under the Keeping Families Together Act.
Commentary: Don’t blame the national GOP for failures of Washington state Democrats - The Daily Chronicle Original
When accountability comes due, Democrats in the Legislature immediately run and point to something other than their own policies. They can run, but we should not let them hide from their failures. Our state faces multiple crises, including affordability, housing, public safety, homelessness and drug use.
Don’t blame the national GOP for WA Dems’ failures | Opinion
When accountability comes due, Democrats in the Legislature immediately run and point to something other than their own policies. They can run, but we should not let them hide from their failures. Our state faces multiple crises, including affordability, housing, public safety, homelessness and drug use.
Don’t blame the national GOP for WA Dems’ failures | Opinion
First elected in 2020, Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia, represents 20th Legislative District, which includes parts of Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis and Thurston counties. AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Washington crises stem from state Democratic policies on taxes, housing and safety. Tax hikes, Medicaid cuts and regulations raised costs, reduced housing supply. House Republicans propose Fix Washington agenda and urge voter accountability.
Travis Couture and Chris Corry: Children are dying. And the state of Washington is failing to protect them.
When the Legislature passed the Keeping Families Together Act, House Bill 1227, in 2021, it put the children of Washington in danger. Since then the number of deaths and near-deaths among children involved with the Department of Children, Youth, and Families has risen – and in the first half of this year has spiked – to a heartbreaking and unacceptable level.
A victim of Gov. Ferguson’s veto: Kent center for babies exposed to drugs | Op-Ed
On Wednesday, I toured the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent. There was no media, no speeches — just a bipartisan group walking through a place that has dedicated 35 years to quietly saving lives. It may have been a final visit. Unless something changes by Monday, PICC will close its doors for good. Not because it failed. Not because the need disappeared. But because our state government chose to let it die — through ideology, indifference and a single veto.
The kids are not alright: Washington’s pro-drug policies a death sentence for children
We see it daily: in the news, on our streets, and sadly in too many homes in Washington state – the tragedy of hard drug abuse and the death and despair that it causes. Despite our state spending billions of dollars trying to find shelter or treatment for people who are suffering, the problem seems to only get worse. In 2022, there were roughly 3,000 drug-related deaths, nearly 2,000 of those deaths due to fentanyl.
Standing up for social workers and the kids they must protect
Foster kids sleeping in cars. Escapes and fentanyl distribution in juvenile detention facilities. Violent attacks on overworked social workers. Tragic and preventable deaths of kids. These are just a few of the most recent high-profile failures of Washington’s child welfare system. The number of deaths involving children who either were or had been recently under the supervision of Department of Children, Youth, and Families is shockingly high.
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