politics
What you need to know after the 2025 Washington legislative session
Lawmakers in Olympia finalized a spending plan with new taxes and fees, and passed contentious policies like rent caps and new gun laws.
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politics
USDA set to cut $1B for food programs. WA food banks are worried
Local banks are already struggling to meet demand, and federal cuts could mean empty shelves for the 1 in 4 Washingtonians who visited one last year.
news
The Newsfeed: Reflecting on the Fall of Saigon’s 50th anniversary
The docuseries Origins: Refuge After War examined the parallels between the aftermath of the Vietnam War and the U.S.’s 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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50 years after the Vietnam War, is the U.S. still a refuge?
A once-promising model for community-driven resettlement is being dismantled by the federal government, writes Refuge After War director Thanh Tan.
Environment
WA environmental legislation passed this year that you should know
Bills to standardize recycling statewide, tweak the state’s cap-and-invest program and allow fusion energy development all made it through this session.