Youth artists invited to design a bookmark celebrating 250 years of America, deadline is April 6

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Endowment for the Arts has extended the deadline for its national Bookmark Design Challenge, giving K-8 students until Monday, April 6, to submit original hand-drawn bookmarks celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. The original deadline was March 31. The contest, launched in partnership with the Office of Second Lady Usha Vance, invites students nationwide […]
Tax Tips, Contracts and Alternative Financing: 2026 Business Builder Expo Delivered

LYNNWOOD—Hundreds attended this year’s Business Builder Expo Resource Fair hosted by the Economic Alliance of Snohomish County, featuring over 60 business resource organizations and service providers at the Lynnwood Event Center. The full-day event on Tuesday ran from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., bringing together entrepreneurs, lenders, advisors, and industry experts for activities focused on […]
WA LGBTQ Caucus and law makers respond to Supreme Court conversion therapy decision

WASHINGTON D.C.—Just yesterday, the US Supreme Court ruled, 8-1, that Colorado’s Conversion Therapy Law is unconstitutional, a decision that could upend similar laws in 22 other states including Washington State. “Conversion therapy is not health care & has been widely discredited by the medical community,” said Representative Suzane DelBene. “This decision will put LGBTQ+ children […]
Trump signs new citizenship verification and mail ballot tracking executive order, Hobbs objects

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J Trump signed an executive order on March 31 directing federal agencies to compile lists of confirmed U.S. citizens for each state and to impose new tracking requirements on mail-in and absentee ballots sent through the U.S. Postal Service. Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs responded the same day, saying […]