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The next court mandate? Ecological protections
While the Legislature is rightly focused on meeting the state Supreme Court education funding mandate, there is another issue of judicial importance looming in the background: addressing the lack of...
Washington to receive new STEM grant funding
Gov. Jay Inslee recently announced that the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices is awarding Washington state a $170,000 grant to bolster science, technology, engineering and math education (STEM),...
Health care discrimination still exists, says insurance commissioner and patient advocates
Before national health-care reform, it was perfectly legal for a health insurance company to turn down a customer for pre-existing conditions. Say you had diabetes: they (a) wouldn’t let you...
More jobs for Washington, again
If you’re keeping track of the accelerating flow of good economic news for Washington state, notice this: The state’s unemployment rate dipped down to 5.6 percent in July. That’s the...
Get your free outdoors fix on August 25
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission has designated Monday, August 25 as a state parks ‘free day’ to celebrate the National Park Service’s birthday, established on August 25, 1916. In...
UW, WSU named in Top 50 LGBT-friendly list
CampusPride.org released their Top 50 LBGT-friendly universities on Friday. The University of Washington and Washington State University made the Top 50 list receiving 4.5 and 5 stars (out of 5)...
Washington state No. 4 for boosting health coverage
Only three states did better than Washington in giving more people health insurance, according to a national survey. Gallup says 16.8 percent of people in the Evergreen state didn’t have...
Oil throwing Washington agriculture off the tracks
House Democrats spent a significant amount of time last session analyzing the safety risks posed by oil train traffic and developing policy solutions to address the issue. While the problems...
Looking at our state from all different angles
Maps can turn 535 pages of figures into something you can see and understand in an instant. Washington state has been working on making it easier for residents to get...
What makes a happy life?
What makes you happy? What do you most prioritize in order to feel that you are living the life you most hope to live… a good education, clean water, more...