Slashed federal funds, tighter restrictions could hurt hundreds of thousands WA residents relying on Medicaid
Every parent’s goal for their children is to teach them life skills that help them launch into adulthood — but that gets complicated when a child has a disability. Many of those families rely on Medicaid, a federal program, for support. Now, one Bellevue family is worried about what the Trump administration’s recent safety net cutbacks could mean for their son. Continue reading at KUOW. (Megan Farmer)
WA state employee details three weeks in ICE custody with her son
During the three weeks Sarah Shaw was held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, sleep came rarely. She and her 6-year-old son found themselves at a Texas facility thousands of miles from their Everett home, sleeping on a bunk bed surrounded by strangers — all because of a paperwork issue. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Gibbs Houston Pauw)
WA leaders clap back at Trump’s latest threat to ban mail-in voting
President Donald Trump announced this week that he intends to sign an executive order to end mail-in voting — a statewide system that’s highly popular among Washington state voters. The news doesn’t sit well with some Washington elected officials. Continue reading at The Olympian. (Pete Caster)
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