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Tuesday, June 28

Young child receiving COVID-19 vaccine in Seattle

Finally, Covid vaccines for the little ones
We’ve hit a new milestone in our fight against the pandemic. As of June 21, children under the age of 5 are finally able to receive a vaccination against Covid-19. Once parents get an appointment, the next question is generally, “Which vaccine should I get?” Dr. Mark Del Beccaro with public health – Seattle and King County responded this way: “Take the vaccine you can get.” But Dr. Del Beccaro said Moderna’s two-dose option might be slightly more attractive for parents who have plans in the near future. Continue reading at KUOW. (Kate Walters)


Young girls watch as a canoe carrying an enormous king salmon makes its way to shore in Tulalip.

‘Keep your Indian alive’: After decades of outlawed culture, a Tulalip revival
In Lushootseed, an “s” with a squiggle above it is called a caron. It’s pronounced “sh,” like shore or shout. Pišpiš means “cat.” It’s one of the first words Kaiser Moses learned with his Montessori classmates on the old wooden floor of the Tulalip Dining Hall. Years later, Moses learned those are the ruins of a jail. “And that’s where they used to put kids who spoke Lushootseed instead of English,” said Moses, 19. It was one of hundreds of institutions where teachers “deployed systematic militarized and identity-alteration methodologies” on Native students to “kill the Indian in (them), and save the man,” according to a national report released by the U.S. Department of the Interior in May. Continue reading at The Everett Herald. (Olivia Vanni)


Editorial: Court’s decision a subtraction from our rights
There is no getting past the realization that — for the first time in American history — the U.S. Supreme Court has subtracted from the existing rights of citizens, rather than strengthened them. Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, didn’t merely find for the state of Mississippi and uphold its ban on most abortions after 15 weeks; instead a five-member majority — emboldened for the first time by the addition of three conservative justices nominated by President Donald Trump — used that dominance to utterly strike down nearly 50 years of precedent granted by the court’s decision in Roe v. Wade. Continue reading at The Everett Herald.


Print

Associated Press
Supreme Court sides with Bremerton coach who sought to pray after game

Auburn Reporter
King County Prosecuting Attorney vows to protect reproductive freedom

Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Abortion rights questions sent to states, voters

Everett Herald
‘Keep your Indian alive’: After decades of outlawed culture, a Tulalip revival
‘Genocide our people survived’: Tulalip school fueled generations of pain
Unearthing the ‘horrors’ of the Tulalip Indian School
Everett set to add bridges, 75th Street bike project to $5 billion plan
Comment: 19th-century standards used to limit women’s rights
Comment: What Dobbs ruling says to those who chose pregnancy
Editorial: Tough path for gun legislation becomes less clear
Editorial: Court’s decision a subtraction from our rights

News Tribune
Want to shoot off fireworks on the Fourth of July? Here are rules across Pierce County

Olympian
Supreme Court votes in favor of Washington football coach praying before and after games
Thurston County to end its community COVID-19 clinics on Friday

Peninsula Daily News
Vaccine appointments available for youngest age group

Puget Sound Business Journal
Homestead Community Trust breaks ground on affordable housing project in Tukwila
College president: Why nursing education is expanding amid higher-ed headwinds

Seattle Medium
Are Gas Prices Slowly Dropping?
Getting Around This Summer On Transit
Amazon To Invest Millions Into Affordable Housing

Skagit Valley Herald
Skagit County distributes refunds to those with vacated drug convictions
Swinomish participate in study of 2021 heat on shellfish
New Skagit County COVID-19 cases jump above 200

Vancouver Business Journal
‘Silenced No More’ law requires new vigilance by Washington employers

Broadcast

KING 5 TV (NBC)
Seattle Police Department won’t enforce other states’ abortion laws, mayor says
What is ectopic pregnancy? A reproductive health expert explains
Jan. 6 panel to hear from top aide in Trump’s White House

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Supreme Court sides with ex-Bremerton football coach who sought to pray after games
How will ruling in case of praying Bremerton football coach affect other public employees?
Former Meadows aide to testify to Jan. 6 panel

KNKX Public Radio
Jan. 6 committee schedules last-minute hearing for Tuesday

KUOW Public Radio
AG Ferguson on what happens next for abortion in Washington
Hear it again: Kennedy v. Bremerton School District and SCOTUS
Finally, Covid vaccines for the little ones

KXLY (ABC)
Tackling rising crime in Spokane through Violent Crimes Task Force
Spokane City Council proposes two different ordinances to address homelessness
Spokane City Council approves homeless shelter lease
WA school chief: students won’t be impacted by supreme court prayer decision

Q13 TV (FOX)
Supreme Court sides with Bremerton football coach who wanted to pray on the field
Washington officials come together to address Supreme Court ruling over Roe v Wade
One year later: Understanding last year’s heat dome, and its toll on countless shellfish

Web

The Stranger
The Long, Hard Road to Free Transit Passes for All UW Employees