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1 week ago | 
washingtonstatestandard.com | Jake Goldstein-Street
Detained immigrant parents worried who will pick their children up from school. Mothers who’ve been deported with infants while their older kids are left behind in the U.S.These are among the situations the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network is hearing about these days, according to Executive Director Catalina Velasquez. The immigrant rights group’s hotline is receiving a steady stream of calls.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonstatestandard.com | Jake Goldstein-Street
Last fall, thousands of businesses and charities received bills that appeared to be from the state of Washington.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonstatestandard.com | Jake Goldstein-Street
The Washington attorney general’s office on Tuesday urged a federal judge in Seattle to order the Trump administration to reinstate funding to build out an electric vehicle charging network. At issue in court Tuesday was the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, or NEVI, that came from the bipartisan infrastructure law former President Joe Biden signed in 2021.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonstatestandard.com | Jake Goldstein-Street
For years, foster parents in Eatonville, Washington, abused five girls, but the girls couldn’t hold the state accountable for wrongfully placing them in the home and failing to protect them while they lived there. That was, until a landmark ruling in their case in 2018 expanded the state’s responsibility beyond the period when officials have custody of foster children. In the years since, the decision has provided a path for numerous people wronged by the foster care system to seek justice.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonstatestandard.com | Jake Goldstein-Street
Washington is one of a few states whose Medicaid data has reportedly been shared with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which could use it to potentially track down immigrants without legal status. The shared information, including names, addresses, and social security numbers, is from California, Illinois and Washington D.C., on top of Washington state, according to the Associated Press. This comes as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up deportations.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonstatestandard.com | Jake Goldstein-Street
Dr. Helen Chu gained attention early in the COVID-19 pandemic as her repurposed flu research project identified the first case of coronavirus spreading person-to-person in the United States. She and her colleagues carried out this work in defiance of the federal government. And her efforts to accelerate the pandemic response later earned her a “Washingtonian of the Year” award from a state leadership board.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonstatestandard.com | Jake Goldstein-Street
A former director at Washington state’s schools agency alleges the state superintendent fired her after she voted as a local school board member in support of barring trans girls from competing in girls’ sports. Darby Kaikkonen filed suit last week against the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and Superintendent Chris Reykdal in U.S. District Court in Tacoma. She says Reykdal retaliated against her.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Jake Goldstein-Street
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction faces a lawsuit from a former employee alleging wrongful termination. (Photo by Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard)A former director at Washington state’s schools agency alleges the state superintendent fired her after she voted as a local school board member in support of barring trans girls from competing in girls’ sports.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonstatestandard.com | Jake Goldstein-Street
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard June 10, 2025 Washington leaders have been preparing for months for the possibility of President Donald Trump mobilizing the military against the governor’s wishes, as he did over the weekend in response to protests in California. Gov.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonstatestandard.com | Jake Goldstein-Street
Washington’s K-12 education system slipped slightly in national rankings released Monday. The state ranks 27th, down one spot from last year, according to an analysis from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Ten years ago, Washington was 20th. Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal’s office took issue with the rankings, arguing that the National Assessment of Educational Progress data the report is based on shouldn’t be used to construct such lists.
