Olympia

Más de una docena de inmigrantes y defensores se reunieron con asesores de políticas del gobernador del estado de Washington, Bob Ferguson, en Olympia, la semana pasada. Ellos están solicitando al gobierno estatal que aborde las detenciones de inmigrantes y los problemas de vivienda que afectan a los solicitantes de asilo en la región.

More than a dozen immigrants and advocates met with Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson's policy advisers last week in Olympia. They are asking the state government to address immigrant detentions and housing issues affecting asylum seekers in the region.

A discussion with host Phineas Pope and NWPB reporter Lauren Gallup about Washington state's budget deficit.

A proposed bill that would give striking workers some access to the state’s unemployment benefits is getting closer to becoming law in Washington.Majority lawmakers in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards moved the bill out of committee on Friday, with a recommendation to pass it. This, after the bill narrowly passed the senate with 28 yeas and 21 nays earlier this month.

(Runtime 4:05)OLYMPIA, Wash. — People carried cardboard cutouts of colorful monarch butterflies and waved flags from different countries. They were…

By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State StandardDespite threats that immigration enforcement agents might show up, more than 500 immigrant rights…

By Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News NetworkWashington’s new Democratic governor is starting off strong… with Republicans.In his inaugural address, Gov. Bob…

By Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News NetworkWith the bang of a gavel just after midday Monday, the 105-day legislative session began for Washington’s…

Tacoma For All and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 367 announced plans to bring an initiative to Pierce and Thurston county voters next year. The groups are calling the initiative a workers’ bill of rights.

Six years ago, if you had told Jamie Cline that today, she would be the mom of a toddler, working at a doctor’s office and completing her bachelor’s degree, she would have thought you were nuts. But, she is doing all of those things. On top of all of that, Cline is also nearly six years into recovery from drug addiction.