Category: Blog

Legislature must address WA nursing crisis Washington, like other states, is facing a health care problem, one that intensified during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The problem isn’t merely… READ MORE

WA lawmakers consider minimum wage requirement for incarcerated workers There are 2,200 incarcerated people across Washington who have jobs. They’re employed in prison facilities. They might be welders, food service… READ MORE

Special education spending, oversight top priorities for WA lawmakers This year, Washington state lawmakers are making big promises to fund and improve the education services that help roughly 158,449 disabled… READ MORE

MLK Jr.’s dream not yet achieved, but still attainable, advocates say Sixty years after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, racial justice advocates say… READ MORE

WA jobless workers living ‘surrealistic nightmare’ as recession looms In December, state auditors chided ESD for being slow to fix performance issues exacerbated by the pandemic. But the deeper problem,… READ MORE