Biden administration announces $39 billion in student loan forgiveness
The Biden administration announced Friday that it will forgive the student loans of more than 800,000 borrowers who enrolled in income-driven repayment plans. The plan will forgive $39 billion in federal student loans, according to the Education Department, through “fixes” to the count of monthly payments borrowers have made. Continue reading at Washington Post. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
Abortions rise in WA as Idaho travel ban challenged
Over the past year, Washington and Oregon have witnessed a flood of patients seeking abortion care while neighboring Idaho has criminalized some abortion-related travel. Continue reading at Seattle Times. (Sarah A. Miller / Idaho Statesman via AP, 2022)
House GOP approves Defense bill that restricts abortion access, halts diversity initiatives
The U.S. House on Friday approved a sweeping annual defense bill that provides an expected 5.2% pay raise for service members but strays from traditional military policy with political add-ons from Republicans to block abortion coverage, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender issues that deeply divided the chamber. Continue reading at Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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House GOP approves Defense bill that restricts abortion access, halts diversity initiatives
The US sets a grim milestone with a new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings
Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government
Biden making $20 billion available from ‘green bank’ for clean energy projects
FTC investigating ChatGPT creator OpenAI over consumer protection issues
Aberdeen Daily World
Aberdeen adopts mobile home rent rule
Everett Herald
Mukilteo Police Department hosts youth academy
The Hill
Dialing into Mental Health: One Year of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (Orwall)
News Tribune
The telegram that forever put Tacoma on the map arrived 150 years ago Friday
More controversy over big Pierce County homeless village as zoning decision challenged
Rapid bus line on Pacific Ave. to start later, deliver less, cost a lot more. Here’s why
New York Times
Racism and Sexism Underlie Higher Maternal Death Rates for Black Women, U.N. Says
Olympian
Lacey held its LGBTQ forum on Wednesday. Here’s what residents had to say
Construction under way on phase 2 of Martin Way affordable housing. Here’s when it’ll be done
Opinion: Washington state needs to OK an agreement to co-manage fish hatcheries with the Tribes
Peninsula Daily News
Strong fish counts seen in Elwha
Puget Sound Business Journal
Sound Transit eyes late summer start for Hilltop light rail service
Banks are pulling back on loans. Businesses are looking elsewhere
Seattle council committee hears pleas of small business groups
Seattle Times
WA gas prices top nation as lawmakers take aim at oil industry profits (Nguyen, Liias)
Abortions rise in WA as Idaho travel ban challenged
Opinion: WA’s long-term care plan is a national first and a win for residents
Spokesman Review
Spokane Police conclude multi-year project to test sexual assault kit backlog
Johnnie Perkins resigns as Spokane City Administrator amid sexual harassment investigation
They opposed the infrastructure law. Now, some in the GOP court its cash.
Washington Post
Forcing people to work in deadly heat is mostly legal in the U.S.
Biden administration announces $39 billion in student loan forgiveness
WA State Standard
High gas prices fuel talk of anti-gouging measures, cap-and-trade tweaks (Nguyen, Ramel, Fitzgibbon, Mullet)
New Yorkers look to Washington for advice on cap-and-trade (Fitzgibbon)
FDA approves first over-the-counter oral contraceptive
Wenatchee World
Quincy School District files lawsuit against social media companies
Indigenous Roots and Reparations Foundation celebrates first Indigenous language class
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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Western State Hospital renovations have an unlikely resident in mind: bats
Tacoma ranked one of top 5 best places to live
Disabled passengers still waiting for Alaska Airlines to allow motorized wheelchairs
Lake Forest Park residents rally against Sound Transit plans
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Biden administration to forgive $39 billion in student debt for over 800,000 borrowers
Escalating student violence in schools sparks concern, demand for action across Washington state
Oregon set to become the first state to collect race, ethnicity data from tax filers
KNKX Public Radio
You could still be eligible for student loan forgiveness under this plan
KUOW Public Radio
Fake tombstone and Trump flag renew questions about Seattle police culture
Inner tubes are out with ban to save Nooksack River salmon
Numbing the pain: Opioid crisis on the Olympic Peninsula
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Podcast | Solving the world’s plastics problem
WA auditors flag $1.2B in federal aid over incomplete records