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2 months ago | 
cascadepbs.org | Nate Sanford |Jake Goldstein-Street |Josh Cohen |Jadenne Radoc Cabahug
The REI Co-Op flagship store in Seattle. (M. Scott Brauer/Cascade PBS) Some Democrats in Olympia think employees should have more representation on REI’s board of directors. House Bill 1635, sponsored by state Rep. Cindy Ryu, a Democrat from Shoreline, would require any Washington-based consumer cooperative with more than 2,500 employees to reserve two seats on its board of directors for people who work at the co-op.
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2 months ago | 
cascadepbs.org | Jake Goldstein-Street |Nate Sanford |Josh Cohen |Jadenne Radoc Cabahug
This article originally appeared in the Washington State Standard. A federal judge in Seattle on Friday temporarily paused President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to stop federal funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care for young people. The temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King is the second on this issue in as many days.
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2 months ago | 
cascadepbs.org | Nate Sanford |Josh Cohen |Jadenne Radoc Cabahug |John Stang
A sign urging voters to vote no on Initiative 1 sits in front of local small businesses in downtown Burien. Initiative 1 would remove several exemptions from Burien’s current minimum wage law and align wage floor requirements with the nearby city of Tukwila. (Caroline Walker Evans for Cascade PBS) Some workers in Burien might soon see their paychecks increase.
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2 months ago | 
cascadepbs.org | Josh Cohen |Jadenne Radoc Cabahug |John Stang |Jerry Cornfield
A construction crane is seen above the Central District in Seattle. (Matt M. McKnight / Cascade PBS) With just a few days remaining before the Feb. 11 special election, some of Seattle’s most prominent businesses are spending big to oppose a new tax to fund social housing.
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2 months ago | 
cascadepbs.org | Jadenne Radoc Cabahug |John Stang |Jerry Cornfield |Josh Cohen
Washington State University appointed Elizabeth Cantwell as its 12th president on Thursday, Feb. 6. Her term will begin on April 1. Kirk Schulz, president since 2016, will step down on March 30, but stay on through June as a senior advisor to support the transition. The WSU Board of Regents unanimously selected Cantwell out of 260 candidates, according to the . She will be the school’s first woman President.
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2 months ago | 
cascadepbs.org | John Stang |Jerry Cornfield |Jadenne Radoc Cabahug |Josh Cohen
A federal judge in Seattle locked in an injunction Thursday that stops a Trump administration attempt to deny birthright citizenship to kids born in the United States to undocumented parents. Late last month, U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour granted a temporary restraining order that lasted 14 days. Thursday’s injunction stops Trump’s executive order to deny birthright citizenship to children of undocumented parents until the case is resolved or a higher court overrules Coughenour.
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2 months ago | 
cascadepbs.org | Jerry Cornfield |Jadenne Radoc Cabahug |Josh Cohen |Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero
Washington 3rd District Republican candidate Joe Kent at a debate against U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez, D-Wash., at KATU studios on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. President Donald Trump named Kent to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. (Jenny Kane/AP Photo) This story was originally published by the Washington State Standard.
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2 months ago | 
cascadepbs.org | Jadenne Radoc Cabahug |Josh Cohen |Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero |Jennifer Shutt
The University of Washington Board of Regents announced Monday that Robert J. Jones will become the 34th President of the University of Washington. Jones, ending a nine-year tenure as Chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will begin his five-year contract on August 1. Jones will become the first African American to serve in the role, according to the UW.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
cascadepbs.org | Nate Sanford |John Stang |Jerry Cornfield |Jadenne Radoc Cabahug
A home for rent in the Bryn Mawr-Skyway neighboorhood near Skyway Park on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Lawmakers are introducing a bill in the 2025 Washington Legislative session that would cap rent increases. (Amanda Snyder/Cascade PBS) Democratic lawmakers in Olympia are once again pushing to cap the amount landlords can raise rents in Washington, a year after a similar effort fell short. On Thursday, state Rep.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
cascadepbs.org | John Stang |Jerry Cornfield |Jadenne Radoc Cabahug |Shauna Sowersby
Facing a $12 billion budget shortfall over the next four years, Governor-elect Bob Ferguson announced on Thursday a goal of $4 billion in budget cuts, along with $1.3 billion worth of new programs that he wants to see in the 2025-27 biennial budget. The $12 billion predicted shortfall is likely the Legislature’s biggest problem in the upcoming 105-day session that begins Jan. 13. “Washingtonians expect that we will increase revenue as a last resort,” Ferguson said.
