Using portables instead of building new schools is actually more costly in the long run, according to a new story by EarthFix and InvestigateWest: ‘They need to go:’ The environmental…
Series highlights the need to build classrooms
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National foster care month!
May is National Foster Care month. This is a time to recognize all the hard-working people who strive to create better lives for the 400,000 children in the foster care…
Path to newest Kitsap County park cleared by 2012 House bill
On a sunny day last month, Rep. Drew Hansen joined Sen. Christine Rolfes, other public officials and a contingent of the media on a tour of woodlands recently purchased by…
Oil-trains: Tragedy just a derailment and spill away
Oil-train disasters rain crushing, nightmarish blows on communities crisscrossed by these needed but potentially lethal loads. Very recently, tank cars carrying crude oil on tracks 12 miles from downtown Lynchburg,…
No… Washington does not have the 2nd highest tuition in the nation
Higher education is the doorway to better jobs, higher pay, and financial independence. States have always played a key role in funding the higher-education of their citizens, usually financing the…