Author: Jake Goldstein-Street
Jake Goldstein-Street
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BS Score: 1.3%.
Articles analyzed: 11.
Words analyzed: 27,574.
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- By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
- 6/25/2026, 10:33 PM
Appeal to Authority 13.1% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 12.3% - Optimism Bias 11.6%
Deaths and critical injuries among children in Washington’s child welfare system fell steeply in the first quarter of 2026, state officials reported Wednesday. Still, four children died and three more nearly died in the first three months of the year. The total of seven incidents is down from 22 in the same time period in 2025, a spike... more
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- By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
- 6/18/2026, 9:52 PM
Appeal to Emotion 15.1% - Negativity Bias 12.8% - Framing Effect 12.1%
Facebook’s parent company must pay the largest campaign finance fine in Washington state history, the state Supreme Court affirmed in a split decision Thursday. Meta urged the justices to declare a state law unconstitutional under the First Amendment to avert the $35 million penalty. The social media conglomerate repeatedly hadn’t... more
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- By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
- 5/21/2026, 7:03 PM
Negativity Bias 12.5% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 10% - Pessimism Bias 6.8%
Gov. Bob Ferguson points to narrow qualifications that limit those who qualify. The funding is separate from federal assistance. During the height of December’s severe flooding, Washington made $3.5 million available to those in need. Five months later, most of that funding has gone unused. Gov. Bob Ferguson says narrow eligibility... more
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- By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
- 5/19/2026, 7:09 PM
Recency Bias 11% - Availability Heuristic 9.7% - Negativity Bias 9.7%
In an encouraging sign for road safety, traffic deaths in Washington fell significantly for the second year in a row in 2025, according to state data released Tuesday. Washington saw 659 people die in vehicle crashes in 2025, down from 809 in 2023 and 737 in 2024, according to the preliminary data from the Washington Traffic Safety... more
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- By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
- 5/18/2026, 10:38 PM
Negativity Bias 26.7% - Framing Effect 20.1% - Appeal to Authority 13.3%
A Washington judge on Friday sided with the state as he turned back a lawsuit seeking to block a controversial 2025 law concerning rights for parents of public school students. Thurston County Superior Court Judge John Skinder acknowledged the case over House Bill 1296 is likely to be appealed. The deeply partisan debate over the... more
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- By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
- 4/27/2026, 6:21 PM
Negativity Bias 10.8% - Representativeness Heuristic 10.1% - Availability Heuristic 9.5%
The Trump administration has denied Washington’s request for federal funding to prepare for future floods after a historic deluge hit the state late last year. The letter Thursday from Federal Emergency Management Agency Associate Administrator Gregg Phillips gives little explanation for the denial. Phillips only writes that the federal... more
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- By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
- 4/20/2026, 10:35 PM
Negativity Bias 14.5% - Optimism Bias 12.6% - Confirmation Bias 10.4%
Washington law enforcement officers are way behind completing deescalation and mental health training required under the state’s marquee police accountability law. That’s according to a report released this week by the state auditor’s office. The audit found just 16% of veteran officers and 14% of new officers had finished the 40 hours... more
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- By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
- 4/14/2026, 9:31 PM
Optimism Bias 13% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 9.3% - Self-Serving Bias 8.2%
For three years, a key connection for visitors to Mount St. Helens has been closed due to a landslide. That is expected to soon change. Starting Wednesday, crews will start work to permanently replace Spirit Lake Outlet Bridge on State Route 504, restoring access to the Johnston Ridge Observatory. more
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- By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
- 4/13/2026, 9:02 PM
Framing Effect 17.1% - Begging the Question 10.7% - Negativity Bias 9.7%
Washington’s new law that seeks to hold sheriffs to higher standards and paves the way for their removal from office is the target of a second lawsuit. This one comes from the Washington State Sheriffs’ Association and a candidate for Kitsap County sheriff. They argue Senate Bill 5974, signed last week, improperly shifts power from local... more
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- By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
- 4/13/2026, 8:24 PM
Negativity Bias 14.8% - Optimism Bias 14.1% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 12.8%
Washington boasts 221 housing-related programs across 30 state agencies. But despite all of these initiatives, Lt. Gov. Denny Heck thinks the state is still going in the wrong direction developing affordable housing. “We’re not doing a very good job at all, because the hole is getting deeper,” Heck said last week. more