Groups call upon the state’s Voting Rights Act for better representation in Ferry and Yakima counties. Six years after the Yakima Latinx community successfully sued for better representation in city politics, Washington’s new Voting Rights Act is helping more communities demand their place at the political table. The Colville Tribes in rural Ferry County and…
King County’s homeless are becoming older and sicker, which leaves them more at risk to the novel virus. If the novel coronavirus continues to spread, King County’s homeless population could be among the most vulnerable to the worst effects of the illness. The virus, which has already killed six people in Washington state, is mild…
The missing and murdered women of Juárez are more than statistics and data points. They are beloved daughters who have left behind an unimaginable and senseless void. They are the fuel of activism against impunity and injustice. They are the seeds of grief that blossom into art. And they are beautiful, fragile memories that must be…
HB 2518 requires the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) to increase oversight of measures undertaken by natural gas companies to reduce hazardous leaks and nonhazardous fugitive emissions from gas pipelines. It requires, beginning July 1, 2020, and on an annual basis thereafter, each gas pipeline company to submit to the UTC a report on the…
In 2008, Washington enacted legislation (RCW 70.235) that set a series of limits on the emission of greenhouse gases within the state: quote: By 2020, reduce overall emissions of greenhouse gases in the state to 1990 levels; By 2035, reduce overall emissions of greenhouse gases in the state to twenty-five percent below 1990 levels; By…
