Bob Ferguson talks challenges ahead as Washington’s next governor

And can we dig into that? Because you mentioned public safety, that was top of mind as you were campaigning. Any more specifics — you just talked about investment — anything else that people can just be mindful of that you are looking into? 

Yeah. So I’m excited that [state] Sen. Jeff Holy, Republican from Spokane, is working with me and my team on this proposal to invest $100 million. That’s a grant program that local jurisdictions — you know, the cities, the counties who hire the bulk of our law enforcement officers — that they can turn to that grant program for additional resources for greater salaries or hiring

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