Since our Housing Call to Action was issued, SB 6026 (2026) now requires cities with populations over 30,000 to allow residential uses in commercial and mixed-use zones. Within Skagit County, only the ...

Marquet’s central lesson is that great leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders by giving people authority ...

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 ...

Tenant improvements on agency-owned property can be a gray area for local governments managing lease or rent agreements. When an agency has this type of agreement and a tenant improvement is on the ...

As Washington communities move from developing climate action plans to implementing projects, one challenge continues to emerge: capacity. Local governments are adopting, or have adopted, climate ...

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 ...

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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, ...

Below are selected “Ask MRSC” questions we have received from local governments throughout Washington State related to public meetings and the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA). Click on any question to ...

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 ...