By Asa Kowals-Rose On January 11, Washington state legislators gathered in Olympia to begin the 2016 legislative session. They will remain in session until March 10, or longer if the session is extended. This will be significantly shorter than the 2015 session; sessions in odd-numbered years are longer to account […]
Election News Endangered Species Trafficking Protection Initiative 1401 Passes
By Sara Fabian Washington residents overwhelmingly approved the statewide Initiative 1401 with nearly 72 percent of the vote. Washington is now the first state in the country to successfully ask voters to create new penalties under state law for those caught trafficking in products made from key endangered species. Washington […]
New Olympia MayorThe City Elects Cheryl Selby
By Sara Fabian Since August Olympia City Councilwoman Cheryl Selby was leading the race for mayor by huge margins. Now, as the November 3 elections have closed, Selby has crossed the finish line to become Olympia’s new mayor, with 68 percent of the vote. Selby is the city’s first directly […]
Thurston County Prosecutor Not Charging Police Officer For Shooting Two Men In May The Decision Garnered Widespread Public Backlash
By Felix Chrome Protests erupted once again after Thurston County Prosecutor Jon Tunheim announced that Officer Ryan Donald would not be prosecuted for the shooting of two unarmed black men, bothers Bryson Chaplin and Andre Thompson. He also announced that Chaplin and Thompson would face assault charges. On May 21st […]
A Conversation with Kshama Sawant Unrepentant Socialist Seattle City Councillor To Speak at Commencement
By Zachary Newman Seattle City Councillor and labor organizer Kshama Sawant will be the speaker for this year’s graduation ceremony. Sawant won a seat on the Seattle City Council in 2014, running as a member of the Socialist Alternative party, becoming the first socialist to win a Seattle-wide election in almost […]
Proposed Bill Would Reduce Penalties for Drug Crimes
By Felix Chrome In a move to lessen the penalties for drug possession, House Rep. Sherry Appleton has filled a new bill in the Washington Legislature that would reduce most drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor. Rep. Appleton, from Port Orchard, filed the bill ahead of the Legislature’s […]
Budgetocalypse 2015: State Budget Battle Could Have Big Impacts on Evergreen’s Future
By Issac Scott Evergreeners frustrated with the lack of program options this quarter should pay close attention as the State Legislature meets this month, where lawmakers face a multi-billion dollar budget crisis that could have lasting impacts on Evergreen. Washingtonians have already felt the second largest tuition hikes in the […]
Why We Should Vote
By Zachary Newman This past Election Day saw the lowest voter turnout for a midterm election since 1942. On November 4th, 36.3 percent of Americans mailed in ballots, waited in lines, did whatever they felt they needed to do to be heard. The voter turnout for the 1942 Federal Election […]
Woah, That Election Just Happened Here’s The Good News
By Issac Scott & Felix Chrome If you’re anything like 63.7 percent of eligible voters, you probably didn’t vote in the midterm elections this year—either because you forgot, couldn’t figure out how, didn’t care, or you think voting is just uncool/not part of the anarchist revolution. Hey, we here at the […]
Increase in Washington’s Oil Trains Draws More Than 750 to Public Meeting Following the release of a state-study on oil-by-rail transport, politicians, experts, and protesters voiced safety and environmental concerns in Olympia
By Josh Wolf Some 200 environmentalists and activists gathered in front of the Red Lion Hotel, leading chants and singing songs to make their voices heard in opposition to an increase in oil trains traveling through Washington. Later in the evening of Oct. 30, more than 750 people gathered inside the […]
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