Carleen Johnson

Carleen Johnson is The Center Square’s Washington state government reporter. She has 30 years of experience in broadcast journalism in the Puget Sound region, including being a traffic reporter…

Politics
As federal probe widens, Gov. Walz tells Seattle crowd he’ll welcome more Somalis

(The Center Square) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, under fire for failing to prevent a massive welfare fraud scheme in his state, was in Seattle on Tuesday as the special guest… Read More

December 10, 2025
Courts
Watch: Supreme Court ruling next year could reshape transgender rights beyond sports

(The Center Square) –  In seven weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases involving challenges to the constitutionality of laws in Idaho and West Virginia that… Read More

November 28, 2025
Public Education
Washington school board backs resolution for open category for trans athletes

(The Center Square) – On Wednesday night, the Kennewick (Washington) School District voted unanimously in favor of a resolution that supports placing some transgender athletes into an “open” category. According to… Read More

October 24, 2025
Public Education
WATCH: UW professor says campus problems go much deeper than anti-Semitism

(The Center Square) – On the day remaining Israeli hostages were released by Hamas and reunited with their families and friends after more than two years, much of the free… Read More

October 14, 2025
Politics
Seattle PD union head supports Trump designating Antifa a terrorist org

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump’s Wednesday night announcement on social media that he is designating Antifa a “major terrorist organization” is welcome news to Seattle Police Officers Guild… Read More

September 19, 2025