Despite the critical and popular success of the Netflix series “House of Cards,” interest in politics is not exactly booming – at least, not as measured by voter participation in…
Voter participation fell this year
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See what WSDOT has in store for your area
The 2014-2017 Draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), which includes more than 1,000 projects across the state, is now available. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) worked closely with…
Food stamp cuts: who is suffering?
Here in Washington state, we know the answer: exactly 456,000 children and 234,000 elderly or disabled people. A new interactive map released by the Pew Charitable Trusts shows how recent…
The moment we heard the news
It’s the question that defined a generation: “Where were you when you found out that President Kennedy had been shot?” As we remember that tragic afternoon in Dallas fifty…
Meet a new legislator: Tana Senn, 41st District
Rep. Tana Senn is the newest member of Team House Democratic Caucus, having received unanimous King County Council appointment to the Legislature just this past September. Tana (pronounced “TAW-na”) was…