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Federal court likely to redraw Central WA Latino-majority district

This announcement ran counter to the wishes of Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia who earlier this week urged the Legislature to reconvene the Commission. Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik...

Who will redraw Central WA’s Latino-majority voting district?

Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik issued a judgment in favor of Latino voters in Central Washington who filed suit over the redrawn 15th Legislative District, stating that despite meeting...

Supreme Court ruling opens door to limit LGBTQ+ civil rights

Alliance Defending Freedom is looking to test just that in a number of cases involving providing services and goods to members of the LGBTQ+ community, such as requiring a foster parent to...

SCOTUS ruling opens door to limit LGBTQ+ civil rights

Alliance Defending Freedom is looking to test just that in a number of cases involving providing services and goods to members of the LGBTQ+ community, such as requiring a foster parent to...

Spokane aims to reduce homelessness by 40% with regional authority

That’s the outcome Gavin Cooley, Rick Romero and Theresa Sanders believe the region can achieve if communities go all in on a plan to establish a regional authority to address homelessness, similar...

State Supreme Court upholds Washington Voting Rights Act

The case was brought by three Franklin County voters along with the League of United Latin American Citizens, who argued that the at-large election process for county commissioners violated the Washington Voting...

Homelessness efforts in Yakima are moving toward permanent housing

Marty Miller, executive director of the Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing, a nonprofit that works with service providers to develop housing, has witnessed this growing interest.“We have seen in the last...

Judge considers if Central WA redistricting breaks federal law

A trial to decide whether Washington violated federal voting rights laws when it established a Latino majority legislative district in Central Washington began Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.U.S. District Court...

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