We all know how unfocused and annoyed we get at work when don’t eat breakfast. For children, hunger is more than a bad mood. Hungry children are more likely to…
Rumbling tummies make learning harder
Category: The Advance
A couple neighborhood town hall meetings on tap for Saturday
The 2014 Legislature will be gaveled into session Monday morning, Jan. 13. Before they’re all-consumed in hiking hills of committee meetings and mastering mountains of floor debate, however, some lawmakers…
12th man rally at the capitol
Governor Jay Inslee and Lt. Governor Brad Owen welcomed former Seattle Seahawks offensive tackle and nine-time Pro Bowler Walter Jones to the state capitol today for a brief 12th Man…
Treating mental illnesses the right way
People suffering from the most serious mental illnesses should get treatment. Yet as Jonathan Martin points out in The Seattle Times last fall, “For every one person in a public…
Are increased emergency room visits in Oregon exposing a problem with the ACA?
Or are they a sign of normal growing pains? We know that one goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to reduce the number of emergency room visits where…