College Bound Scholarship may soon get a boost

Help for low-income students passes Senate At least 10,000 more students eligible with current changes By Joseph Claypoole  |  Washington State Journal Olympia, Wash., March 4, 2021 – The College Bound Scholarship for Washington students is being reworked to reach more students across the state. Currently, students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches during […]

U.S. News & World Report again ranks Washington best state in the nation

Washington has held the top ranking since 2019. By WA Governor’s Office | Press Release Washington state was ranked as the best state in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in a new report released Monday night. Washington has held the top ranking since 2019. The publication annually ranks all 50 states across a myriad […]

Juneteenth steps toward state holiday status

By Sydney Brown | Washington State Journal  Rep. Kirsten Harris-Talley, D-Seattle, often sees her grandmother’s features when she looks in the mirror. She thinks of how her grandmother, a woman of color, experienced systemic racism and fought for a better life despite societal barriers in rural Missouri only a few generations before Harris-Talley. Harris-Talley told the […]

Eviction protections approved by Senate

By Sydney Brown | Washington State Journal  Olympia, Wash., March 8, 2021 – As the end of an emergency eviction moratorium looms over thousands of Washington renters, a bill requiring landlords to have just cause for evicting a tenant passed the House of Representatives in a 54-44 vote March 7. “Stopping evictions means preventing homelessness,” Rep. […]