Mai Hoang

Yakima

Central and Eastern Washington Reporter at Cascade PBS

Central/Eastern WA reporter, @CascadePBSNews (formerly Crosscut). @PacNWGuild board president. @Yakima_Herald alum. she/her. [email protected]

Featured in: Favicon

crosscut.com Favicon

bmj.com

mdpi.com

seattletimes.com Favicon

miamiherald.com Favicon

washingtontimes.com Favicon

rsc.org

vnexpress.net Favicon

orlandosentinel.com Favicon

stltoday.com + 101 more

Articles

Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm resigns after 16 months

Dec 12, 2023 | crosscut.com | Josh Cohen |Joseph O'Sullivan |Donna Blankinship |Mai Hoang

A light rail train heads out of Mt. Baker Station south toward Angle Lake, Feb. 11, 2022. (Genna Martin/Crosscut) Sound Transit announced the resignation of CEO Julie Timm Tuesday. Her final day at the regional transit agency will be Jan. 12, just 16 months after taking the position in September 2022. The announcement comes on the heels of Timm’s performance review by the Sound Transit Board last week.
WA conservatives submit signatures for parents'-rights proposal

Dec 12, 2023 | crosscut.com | Joseph O'Sullivan |Donna Blankinship |Mai Hoang |Venice Buhain

The group Let’s Go Washington on Tuesday announced it is submitting signatures to put on the ballot a parents’-rights initiative that could be decided by voters next November. Fueled by a big donor, Brian Heywood, the conservative group is aiming to qualify half a dozen proposed initiatives to the Legislature by an end-of-year deadline.
Only 26% of WA children on Medicaid receive required lead testing

Dec 12, 2023 | crosscut.com | Donna Blankinship |Mai Hoang |Venice Buhain |Lizz Giordano

Sadie Armijo, director of State Audit and Special Investigations at the Washington State Auditor's office, in her Olympia office on March 2, 2022. (Lindsey Wasson for Crosscut) A new state auditor’s report says only 26% of Washington children enrolled in Medicaid are being tested for lead exposure, even though the federal government requires them all to be tested twice between their first and sixth birthdays.
WA seeks public comment on new landfill methane emissions rules

Nov 3, 2023 | crosscut.com | Donna Blankinship |John Stang |Venice Buhain |Mai Hoang

A tractor sorts garbage at the Altamont Landfill owned by Waste Management in Livermore, Calif., Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) The Washington Department of Ecology is seeking public comment on proposed new rules aimed at reducing landfill methane emissions. The new rules will require municipal solid-waste landfills to do more to prevent methane from escaping into the atmosphere, as well as to track emissions and make reports to the state.
WA wants to join CA, Quebec in pollution pricing marketplace

Nov 2, 2023 | crosscut.com | John Stang |Venice Buhain |Donna Blankinship |Mai Hoang

A motorist fills a vehicle’s tank at a Shell station Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Englewood, Colo. Republican lawmakers say the new cap-and-trade system is leading to higher gas prices. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Washington wants to link its carbon pricing program with California and the Canadian province of Quebec in hopes of trimming economic ripple effects, the Ecology Department announced Thursday.
WA opens health insurance exchange to undocumented immigrants

Nov 1, 2023 | crosscut.com | Venice Buhain |John Stang |Donna Blankinship |Mai Hoang

Washington’s health insurance exchange, which launched its open enrollment period Wednesday, is expanding access to health and dental plans to every state resident regardless of citizenship or immigration status, the Washington Health Benefit Exchange announced. Federal subsidies such as sliding scale tax credits continue to be available solely to U.S. citizens or immigrants with legal documentation, according to the agency.
Olympia cannabis testing lab has WA license suspended

Oct 27, 2023 | crosscut.com | John Stang |Venice Buhain |Donna Blankinship |Mai Hoang

Cannabis harvest in Washington state. (Matt Mills McKnight/Crosscut) Washington’s Liquor and Cannabis Board has suspended the certification of an Olympia cannabis testing laboratory. The True Northwest lab received an emergency suspension of its state certification on Tuesday and has 180 days to appeal that decision to the Cannabis Board.
Try on proposed King County property tax changes with this tool

Oct 24, 2023 | crosscut.com | Donna Blankinship |Mai Hoang |John Stang |Josh Cohen

Ballots are sorted at the King County Elections headquarters on Aug. 5, 2019 (Photo by Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut) King County voters deciding how to vote on the proposed property tax increases on the Nov. 7 ballot can use an online tool to estimate the potential financial impact of that choice. King County Assessor John Wilson offers his Taxpayer Transparency Tool for the sake of government transparency.
New group begins ad campaign to recruit Democrats in Central WA

Oct 19, 2023 | crosscut.com | Mai Hoang |John Stang |Josh Cohen |Rachel Belle

A pile of ballots at the King County Elections office (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut) Starting this week, voters in the 4th Congressional District in Central Washington will see radio ads in Spanish and English explaining how Democratic Party values align with voters’ beliefs in a region where conservative candidates have generally dominated. The ads are part of a $330,000, 14-month public awareness campaign from Rural Americans United.
WA mobile home communities organize against ‘economic eviction’

Oct 9, 2023 | columbian.com | Farah Eltohamy |Mai Hoang

From her pristine garden to her punchy graphic tees, 78-year-old Judie Short emanates a great warmth and appreciation for everything around her. Upon entering her home in Aberdeen’s Leisure Manor Estates, guests find an office nook lined with vintage knickknacks and Seattle Seahawks memorabilia. Her kitchen shines in a resplendent shade of cherry red, and its many windows let in sunlight that carries on to the rest of the house.