Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero

1 week ago | washingtonstatestandard.com | Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero

Fifty years ago, Washington welcomed the first of thousands of Southeast Asian refugees fleeing war and conflict in their home countries. A new book captures 15 stories of first-generation refugees and their descendants and how they rebuilt their lives in Washington state.

1 week ago | dailyrecordnews.com | Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero

By JACQUELYN JIMENEZ ROMERO AND JERRY CORNFIELD Washington State Standard Before Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the next state budget on Tuesday, he vetoed a few dozen spending provisions scattered throughout its 1,366 pages. The plan he approved lays out $78 billion in spending over two years. The roughly 55 items he removed add up to around $22.3 million in savings.

2 weeks ago | chronline.com | Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero |Jerry Cornfield

Before Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the next state budget on Tuesday, he vetoed a few dozen spending provisions scattered throughout its 1,366 pages. The plan he approved lays out $78 billion in spending over two years. The roughly 55 items he removed add up to around $22.3 million in savings. He zeroed out funding of contracts to nonprofits serving foster youth, college students, immigrants, and seniors. He canceled spending for studies and work groups.

2 weeks ago | washingtonstatestandard.com | Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero |Jerry Cornfield

Before Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the next state budget on Tuesday, he vetoed a few dozen spending provisions scattered throughout its 1,366 pages. The plan he approved lays out $78 billion in spending over two years. The roughly 55 items he removed add up to around $22.3 million in savings. He zeroed out funding of contracts to nonprofits serving foster youth, college students, immigrants, and seniors. He canceled spending for studies and work groups.

2 weeks ago | washingtonstatestandard.com | Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero

A nonprofit organization helping foster children in Washington graduate from high school just saw its state funding chopped. In the current two-year budget, which runs through June 30, services offered by the group, called Treehouse, were expanded. But the spending plan Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Tuesday includes cuts that are equal to a third of the group’s overall budget. Graduation rates for foster children are the lowest among public school students in the state.