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How to help Syrian refugees in Seattle
While the rest of the country has been embroiled in an ugly and often ignorant debate about resettling Syrian refugees, the reaction here in the Seattle area has been very different. Last weekend more...
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Could Canada carbon emissions agreement have room for Washington?
Gov. Jay Inslee (WA) and Gov. Peter Shumlin (VT) at the Paris Climate Change Conference. (Photo courtesy Governor’s Office via Flickr.) Gov. Jay Inslee, who returns today from the Paris Climate Change...
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How to be more like Canada: upcoming events on bringing refugees to Seattle
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joined by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne as they hand out parts of a welcome package to newly arrived Syrian refugees. (Photo courtesy Prime Minister Justin...
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I-732 group submits signatures; critics say measure fails to do enough
Frank Turner of Olympia holds up a sign in support of Initiative 732, a carbon tax that will go before the state legislature starting in January. (Photo by John Stang) The disagreement over the...
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Seattle MLK celebration a reminder to keep moving forward
A choir sings at Mt. Zion Baptist Church during a celebration Friday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo by Sharayah Lane.) Marcus Green told a crowd gathered to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr....
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Washington state community leaders denounce Trump ahead of planned rallies
Gov. Jay Inslee speaks with Janice Tufte, of the Islamic Civic Engagement Project and Muslims Vote, after a press conference. (Photo by Venice Buhain.) Gov. Jay Inslee, Congressman Adam Smith and other...
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Governor greets area Muslims for Eid
Nour Madani, 7 of Kent, lays her head in her parent’s lap while waiting for Gov. Jay Inslee to speak at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound mosque in Redmond. (Photo by John Stang.) Gov. Jay Inslee...
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Somali man greeted at SeaTac during court-ordered hold on Trump travel ban
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson addresses reporters after greeting Isahaq Ahmed Rabi (to Ferguson’s left), a Somali man and U.S. visa holder who was deported after President Trump’s...
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Inslee signs bill to expand dual language education
Tu Thanh Dinh, a first grade teacher at White Center Heights Elementary in Burien, leads a lesson to his first grade students in their Vietnamese immersion language class. (File photo by Ellen Banner /...
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Seattle area reacts to the Supreme Court’s revival of Trump’s travel ban
A protest of Trump’s executive orders marched through Sea-Tac International Airport on Jan. 28. (Photo by Venice Buhain.) On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to revive parts of President Donald...
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Census question on citizenship challenged in court
The U.S. Census bureau announced plans to include questions about citizenship on the 2020 Census. (Photo by U.S. Census Bureau.) Washington is one of 19 states filing a legal challenge against the...
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