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Jason Rantz

Austin police and EMS meet at the Great Hills Baptist Church for a media briefing on Aug. 31, 2023, in Austin, Texas, after a shooting.
Perspective
What’s really going on with crime across the nation
After the social justice protests of the summer of 2020, some cities scaled back laws that kept crime in check. It’s not going well.
By Jason Rantz
A discarded syringe sits in the dirt under a highway overpass where drug users are known to congregate in Everett, Wash.
Perspective
Perspective: Why are drug laws in some states getting weaker as overdose deaths climb?
Seattle has become a poster child for how political ideology is getting in the way of sound policy.
By Jason Rantz
The sun dial stands in front of the Legislative Building on March 10, 2022, at the state Capitol in Olympia, Wash.
Opinion
Perspective: A new way to gut parental rights
Framed as protection for transgender children, a Washington State law drives a wedge between vulnerable youth and those who love them.
By Jason Rantz
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Perspective
Democrats’ policies on criminal justice are killing the West Coast
They ‘reimagined’ criminal justice, and the results have been disastrous for law enforcement and for cities.
By Jason Rantz