Jeanie Lindsay
State Government Reporter
About
Jeanie Lindsay is a radio reporter based in Olympia who covers the state government beat for the Northwest News Network, the Pacific Northwest's regional collaboration of NPR stations.
Jeanie has spent much of her journalism career as an education reporter, producing stories about things like school funding and enrollment, early childhood education and student mental health. Previously, Jeanie wrote education solutions stories with the Education Lab at The Seattle Times, and spent nearly 5 years covering statewide education news in the Midwest with Indiana Public Broadcasting. A Washington native and graduate from the University of Washington, Jeanie spends her free time with her family, exploring nearby parks and waterways, and spoiling her three cats.
Location: Olympia
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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WA leaders highlight progress on homelessness, worry about encampment cleanup funding
Washington officials say the state is making progress on addressing homelessness, but that new housing still isn't being built fast enough to ease the strain of rising costs on low and fixed income households.
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Judge approves WA's new legislative district maps after court battle over Latino voting rights
Months after finding that the newly drawn legislative district boundaries near Yakima violated the Voting Rights Act, a federal judge has now decided what those district boundaries should look like.
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Big bills, tense debates, lawmaker departures: Takeaways from Washington state's 2024 legislative session
Washington's legislature has adjourned for the year, with lawmakers making progress on many big issues. But several priorities for Democrats stalled as a few Republican-backed voter initiatives took center stage during the short 60-day session.
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Why Washington state Democrats passed 3 Republican-backed voter initiatives
Most of the bills lawmakers pass in Olympia include bipartisan support, but many Democrats are skeptical of, or outright oppose, these initiative measures. So why did Democrats join with Republicans to enact them?
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Washington police pursuit rules to change after Legislature adopts 3 voter initiatives
Three voter initiatives are on their way to becoming law after the Washington Legislature offered their final approval Monday, including another change to the state's rules around police car chases.
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Police pursuit, parent rights, income tax initiatives poised for final vote in Olympia
Lawmakers are plowing ahead with three high-profile voter initiatives. The Legislature plans to take a final vote on the measures Monday, despite concerns from members of the Democratic majority.
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Strippers' rights win, tenants' rights lose: The fate of key bills in Washington state
During the penultimate week of Washington's 2024 legislative session, lawmakers left behind some major bills, committees held public hearings and voted on some high-profile initiatives, and several measures crossed the finish line.
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Parental rights ballot gets support, little pushback in Washington state legislative hearing
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Should police pursuit rules be looser in Washington? Lawmakers weigh the issue
Washington lawmakers are set to take initial action on a group of voter initiatives this week, but only one of them could substantially change existing policies.
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Symbolic or pointless? Measure against nonexistent local income taxes could appear on Washington ballots
The first of three voter initiatives to get hearings this week would ban income taxes at the state and local levels in Washington – but an analysis shows it wouldn't change any current laws.