President Encourages Port Labor Negotiations

Workers have gone nearly a year without a contract, and some ports experience shutdowns. President Joe Biden is committed to respecting the negotiation process between West Coast port…

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Justice Deparment Requests Lift of Seattle Police Department Oversight

The Seattle Police Department has made “significant progress” in ten years according to the DOJ. The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked a federal judge to lift the ten-year-long…

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Anti-Human Trafficking Strategies Awarded by DOT

The top three winning proposals are from Colorado, Texas, and Washington state. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg recently announced the 2022 winners of the Department of Transportation’s Combating…

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President Approves West Coast Disaster Declarations

The states of California and Washington are trying to recover from severe storms. President Joe Biden approved disaster declarations for the states of Washington and California this week.…

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FCC Announces Emergency Connectivity Funding

New round of funding will provide digital services for students. The Federal Communications Commission is committing funding to schools and libraries across the U.S. under the Emergency Connectivity…

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Multiple Pacific Northwest Substations Vandalized

Homeland Security’s domestic terror warning included “critical infrastructure.” The Department of Homeland Security recently released a memo regarding the risk of domestic terrorism. “U.S. critical infrastructure” was listed…

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$30 Million Awarded to Minority Serving STEM Education

Energy Department issues grants supporting the partnership program. The U.S. Department of Energy announced $30 million in grants to support Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) in South Carolina, Tennessee,…

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More American Workers Going on Strike

Many seek pay raises to keep up with inflation. In the past few weeks, thousands of teachers in Ohio and Washington, nursing home workers in Pennsylvania, and health…

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Amtrak Cancels Long Routes Ahead of Union Meeting

Officials prepare for potential freight strike. Passenger railroad company Amtrak announced that they will cancel three long-distance routes starting Tuesday in case of a freight rail strike that…

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Bill to Protect Interstate Abortion Travel Fails

The request for a unanimous vote in the Senate did not prevail.  Senators Patty Murray of Washington, Kristen Gillibrand of New York, and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada…

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