Washington students perform better with new Ninth Grade Success initiative, but funding isn’t guaranteed
OLYMPIA [Aspen Ford] — Across Washington state, schools rolled out a support system designed to help high school freshmen over the last few years. In the Ninth Grade Success initiative, teachers and other school support staff pair up with students dealing with low grades, truancy, poor behavior and more. A recent state evaluation shows it’s working: […]
Jim Brunner leaves Seattle Times, joins Washington Observer as Senior Political Reporter
SEATTLE — Jim Brunner, a veteran political reporter who has covered Washington state government and politics for more than 28 years at The Seattle Times, is leaving the paper to become senior political reporter at The Washington Observer, a subscriber-supported digital publication focused on state politics, government and influence. Brunner will start Dec. 1. “Folks: […]
DOJ gives Hobbs 24 hours to isolate 405 suspected noncitizen ballots or face legal action, second list coming
SEATTLE— Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd of the Western District of Washington and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Pete Serrano of the Eastern District in a letter addressed to Secretary of State Steve Hobbs demanded his office set aside any ballots cast by 405 people the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified, with a high […]
Voters reminded to use official ballot drop boxes as Election Day approaches
SNOHOMISH COUNTY—With Election Day approaching on Tuesday, November 3, election officials urge voters to be especially mindful of timing when deciding how to return their ballots. Voters are strongly encouraged to return their ballots using one of the county’s 38 official ballot drop boxes during the final week before Election Day to ensure their ballot […]
Nation’s first detransition clinic to open at Texas Children’s Hospital
AUSTIN, TX — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Tuesday that Texas Children’s Hospital has opened what he described as the nation’s first detransition clinic, fulfilling a requirement of a May settlement resolving allegations that the hospital improperly billed Medicaid for gender-transition interventions on minors. “In accordance with my settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital, […]
White trans athletes taking spots from at-risk Black girls, Lynnwood Council says that’s fine
What the hell happened to common sense? As a lesbian and longtime Lynnwood voter, I am appalled by my Lynnwood City council members who voted against girls by publicly opposing Initiative IL26-638 that simply keeps biological males out of female sports in K-12 athletics. This is not compassion. It is willful rejection of biology and […]
