Category: In The News

Washington could soon be saying “pencils down” to a long-standing and often-criticized graduation requirement. While students across the country take federally required high school math and English tests, Washington is… READ MORE

It only hits Green Mountain School District Superintendent Tyson Vogeler when he hears other superintendents talk about their issues and what they’re doing to fix them. “They’re going to Rotary… READ MORE

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A measles outbreak in the Vancouver area has revived a bitter debate over so-called “philosophical” exemptions to childhood vaccinations as public health officials across the Pacific… READ MORE

In response to a measles outbreak that has spread from Clark County to King County and Oregon, legislators have introduced a bill that would prohibit children from being exempted from… READ MORE

Governor Inslee has declared a state of emergency over a measles outbreak: this is what people are doing on the legislative and public health fronts to stop it. Washington parents… READ MORE

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Department of Health and Human Services says each year nearly 14 thousand kids try tobacco for the first time. A bill in Olympia is trying to… READ MORE

In the midst of a measles outbreak in southern Washington, state legislators introduced a bill that would eliminate personal exemptions for the MMR vaccine. On Monday, health officials said there… READ MORE