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Driving-decrease programs saluted in WashPIRG report
Like many other schools around the country, Washington’s colleges and universities are working to cut student-driving to, from, and around campus. Innovative transportation programs advanced in many Washington higher-education institutions...
Counting the homeless among us
The Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness carried out its 34th annual One Night Count of homeless people on January 24. Eight hundred volunteers combed the streets to count the men,...
Education – a springboard to success
The US imprisons over 2.4 million people. According to a Pew study published in 2011, between 1973 and 2009, the nation’s prison population grew by 705%. We now imprison more...
Raising the minimum wage is not just a “progressive” issue
The minimum wage was born in Washington state back in 1937, when the U.S. Supreme Court uphold our state’s right to set a bare minimum on wages.Today, many citizens and...
Crowdfunding: coming soon to a start-up near you?
Crowdfunding, or investment crowdfunding, describes the practice of raising money over the Internet by soliciting small investments from numerous investors. An outgrowth of crowdsourcing, crowdfunding techniques have been popularized by...
Shedding some light on small-business myths
You hear it often: Small business is the backbone of our economy. For every Microsoft or Boeing or Nordstrom, there are dozens of individually owned dry cleaners and pet stores...
Enforcing the rights of our veterans and service members
Did you know that a service member whose active duty orders are signed by the governor has fewer protections than one whose orders are signed by the President? It’s true,...
Open Government Caucus launches its agenda
The bipartisan Open Government Caucus (OGC), led by a Seattle Democrat and an East Wenatchee Republican, hit the ground running at its first meeting this week. The caucus is co-chaired...
Meet a new legislator: Mia Gregerson
Several new members have joined the House Democratic Caucus since the 2013 regular session, including Mia Gregerson. Mia (MEE-uh) was appointed by the King County Council to fill the unexpired...
ICYMI: America’s story
Did you catch Speaker Chopp telling America’s story on the opening day of session? America Yorita-Carrion was an honors and an International Baccalaureate student with a 3.8 GPA at Davis...