Author: Sarah Mizes-Tan
Sarah Mizes-Tan
has 11.1% among authors.
BS Score: 1.5%.
Articles analyzed: 19.
Words analyzed: 41,528.
Analyzed articles
KUOW
- By Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 7/2/2026, 10:24 PM
Negativity Bias 16.2% - Framing Effect 14.4% - Appeal to Emotion 14.4%
An effort to repeal Washington state’s first income tax on high earners took a major step forward on Thursday. Brian Heywood, a wealthy hedge fund founder, and his conservative political action group, Let’s Go Washington, rallied outside the secretary of state’s office, unloading cardboard boxes full of signatures supporting the repeal.... more
KUOW
- By Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 6/30/2026, 10:21 PM
Negativity Bias 21.3% - Appeal to Authority 18.3% - Appeal to Emotion 13.6%
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws banning transgender girls from playing on school sports teams with girls and women. The ruling would not immediately impact Washington state, which has legal protections for trans athletes on the books. But the issue will make its way to the ballot this fall, when Washington voters will... more
KUOW
- By Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 6/26/2026, 10:19 PM
Negativity Bias 13% - Optimism Bias 9.7% - Status Quo Bias 9.5%
Washington state officials are projecting a budget shortfall of nearly $500 million in the next year, as the governor signals an unwillingness to create new taxes to close that gap. The latest revenue report shows the state is expected to bring in about $427 million below expectations, reflecting slower-than-expected job and wage growth,... more
KUOW Public Radio
- By Sami West, Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 6/11/2026, 5:07 PM
Appeal to Emotion 20.8% - Negativity Bias 16.1% - Framing Effect 12.6%
A high school wrestler is suing Washington state over its policy on transgender athletes, alleging that a trans athlete sexually assaulted her during a match. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, the Puyallup athlete claims she was unknowingly made to wrestle with a transgender student during a high school girls wrestling tournament in December... more
KUOW
- By Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 6/9/2026, 11:40 PM
Negativity Bias 26.3% - Biased Writer Voice 25.5% - Self-Serving Bias 23.5%
Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons, a Democrat from Bremerton, is facing ethics charges that she used her standing as a lawmaker to get a friend hired at a nonprofit she is closely associated with, and that she used leftover campaign money to help another nonprofit where she used to work. The accusations culminated in a rare two-day... more
KUOW
- By Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 6/8/2026, 9:25 PM
Framing Effect 25.5% - Negativity Bias 24.8% - Appeal to Authority 20.1%
A new Washington law protecting workers from immigration enforcement in their workplace will go into effect later this week. Starting June 11, House Bill 2105 will require employers to give workers at least five business days’ notice that any federal agency is auditing their I-9 forms or any other worker records. “This one [law] in... more
KUOW
- By Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 6/4/2026, 9:14 PM
Appeal to Authority 26.3% - Negativity Bias 19.7% - Hasty Generalization 19.7%
Young female athletes in Washington schools would likely have to obtain genital exams to participate in school sports, if a controversial ballot initiative passes in November. The initiative would ensure that “students compete in athletic activities consistent with the gender assigned at birth,” echoing restrictions in 27 other states... more
KUOW
- By Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 6/1/2026, 10:49 PM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.5% - Negativity Bias 17.6% - Availability Heuristic 16.9%
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson announced a plan Monday to create accommodations for working women experiencing menopause. About 600,000 women are currently navigating peri-menopause, menopause, or post-menopause in the workforce, according to the Washington State Women’s Commission. “We are losing people in the workforce with tremendous... more
KUOW Public Radio
- By Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 5/19/2026, 10:34 PM
Unattributed Quote 8.7% - Biased Writer Voice 8.5% - False Dilemma 8.1%
The United States Supreme Court could weigh in on Washington state’s redraw of legislative district lines in Central Washington. The case comes in the wake of a national ruling on redistricting and raises questions about whether primary elections would happen on time in Washington. This map was the subject of a lawsuit, Soto Palmer v.... more
KUOW Public Radio
- By Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 5/18/2026, 7:47 PM
Optimism Bias 10.4% - Halo Effect 10.4% - Hasty Generalization 10.4%
Theodore “Theo” Angelis was sworn in as the newest Washington state Supreme Court justice on Monday. Gov. Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, appointed Angelis to the seat of outgoing Justice Barbara Madsen, who announced her retirement in February. Angelis will take the seat through the end of this year. He'll have to run for election in November... more