Education
Challengers stack up in 2024 OSPI race to head Washington schools
Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal now has two challengers for the 2024 race to run Washington’s education department.
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Over half of WA school bond measures get majority vote, but fail
Only seven of 21 school bonds statewide got supermajority votes, but 91% of school operations levies, which require only a simple majority, passed.
Elections
U.S. Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers won’t run for reelection
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, announced on Thursday that she will not seek reelection in Washington’s 5th
Indigenous Affairs
Washington State University earns $15M a year on stolen land
A Grist report reveals that over the past 150 years, WSU has collected at least $1B in profit from land taken from 21 Indigenous nations.
politics
Trump stays on Washington primary ballot, judge rules
A Thurston County judge dismissed a challenge to disqualify former president Donald Trump from the ballot of the March 12