House Education Committee reports two bills out of committee; HB 1662 and HB 1683 cleared with due-pass recommendations The House Education Committee voted to report proposed third substitute House Bill 1662 (19–0) and substitute House Bill 1683 (11–8) from committee with due-pass recommendations. Debate focused on agency independence, local fiscal impact and election thresholds for school boards.

The Washington State House Education Committee just pushed two pivotal bills forward, sparking a heated debate over agency independence and local governance!

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#WA #AgencyIndependence #SchoolRepresentation #LocalGovernance #CitizenPortal

What do you think happens to public trust when every scientific or economic decision can be overruled by whoever occupies the Oval Office?
Text “AGENCY SAFEGUARDS” to 50409

#SCOTUSFiringPower #AgencyIndependence #64PercentCrisis #stateoftheunionuncut

On the latest episode of #Unprecedented, @askdinadoll.bsky.social and guest @lisagraves.bsky.social break down the #SupremeCourt ’s approval of #Texas’ new #gerrymandered maps. They also preview two MAJOR upcoming cases involving #AgencyIndependence and #CampaignCash
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Senate questioning focuses on STB independence, merger review and partisan email Richard Kloster and Michelle Schultz, nominees to the Surface Transportation Board, told the Senate Commerce Committee they would apply the law impartially on major rail matters including a prospective Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger. Senators pressed nominees about an agency email that blamed Democrats for the shutdown and raised Hatch Act,​

Nominees to the Surface Transportation Board face tough questions about political independence while navigating a potential game-changing merger in the freight rail industry.

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#US #CitizenPortal #FreightRailMerger #AgencyIndependence #WashingtonDCTransportation

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"Antoni added that the absence of a Trump pick running the agency is 'part of the reason why we continue to have all of these different data problems.'"

Meaning #Trump’s new #BLS commissioner, #EJAntoni, is going to *fix* the data.

#HeritageFoundation #economy #AgencyIndependence #censorship […]

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Bloomberg columnist Matthew Yglesias:

"Antoni’s commentary on economic data over the past few years has been some of the absolute worst around. For the sake of the country I hope this guy is a huge liar and his various statements don’t reflect sincere incompetence."

#Trump #BLS #EJAntoni […]

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Supreme Court may scrap federal agencies' independence, threatening economic stability and the rule of law.

#SCOTUS #AgencyIndependence #RuleOfLaw

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