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Process to tackle Washington’s future aviation needs faces skepticism from inside and out

Lawmakers are considering restarting the process to find a location to build a new airport after months of community backlash to current recommendations. One member of the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission, which was formed in 2019 to address aviation capacity shortages, agrees more review is needed.
Bryce Yadon represents Futurewise, an environmental land use nonprofit that advocates for policies to address population growth in compliance with the Growth Management Act. Their goal is to protect farms, forests and waterways, and ensure urban areas are accessible to all.
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Plazas Comunitarias ayudan a inmigrantes hispanos de Yakima a completar su educación básica

La edad no es un obstáculo para los inmigrantes hispanos que desean completar su educación básica. Ahora, el Gobierno de México se asoció con organizaciones locales para ofrecer un programa de educación para adultos en Yakima. El programa busca dar a las familias las herramientas para mejorar sus vidas. Continue Reading Plazas Comunitarias ayudan a inmigrantes hispanos de Yakima a completar su educación básica

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A crowd gathered on the north steps of the Capitol building on Wednesday, January 25, to protest three proposed greenfield sites for a new airport in Pierce or Thurston County. Photo by Lauren Gallup.

Not in my backyard: Process to choose new airport location might get a restart

The battle against a new two-runway airport in Pierce or Thurston county ramped up on Wednesday, when a hundred or so rallied on the north steps of the Capitol Building in Olympia.
Lawmakers were there to listen, and express their own objection to the proposed sites, or at least a need to restart the process for choosing a site for a new airfield. Behind closed doors, some are working on legislation that would do just that.
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An officer works in a speed enforcement van along I-5 in Medford during construction in 2018. The effort to slow drivers nabbed one speeder going 91 mph in the 40 mph work zone

Roadway carnage has lawmakers pitching everything from more photo radar to fewer right turns on red

If you have spent any time behind the wheel since the pandemic began, you’ve surely noticed people driving more aggressively and way too fast. That correlates with a rise in traffic fatalities that last year reached levels not seen since the 1990s in Washington state and Oregon. Continue Reading Roadway carnage has lawmakers pitching everything from more photo radar to fewer right turns on red

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