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☆ ‘Uncommitted’ Effort to Protest Biden Will Shift Its Focus to Washington State
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | Mike Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After gaining some traction in Michigan and Minnesota, the next stop in the campaign to protest President Biden’s handling of Israel’s war in Gaza will be the Washington State primary next Tuesday. Like in Michigan, which has a large Arab American population, and Minnesota, where there is a significant population of East African immigrants and their children, the Washington State effort is counting on Middle Eastern immigrants and progressives to serve as a moral voice against America’s foreign policy alliance with Israel. Rami Al-Kabra, a Palestinian-American who is a City Council member in the Seattle suburb of Bothell, said activists have been reaching out to immigrant communities and others who have expressed disillusionment with Democrats. Some, he said, had thrown away their mail ballots, feeling like they did not have a voice. But after learning of the option to vote “uncommitted,” they have requested replacement ballots to submit.

Persons: Biden’s, Israel, Rami Al, “ uncommitted, ” Organizations: Washington State, City Locations: Michigan, Minnesota, Gaza, East, Washington, Palestinian, Seattle, Bothell

While a number of AI systems have been found to discriminate, tipping the scales in favor of certain races, genders or incomes, there’s scant government oversight. Those bills, along with the over 400 AI-related bills being debated this year, were largely aimed at regulating smaller slices of AI. The use of AI to make consequential decisions — what the bills call “automated decision tools” — is pervasive but largely hidden. The AI was trained to assess new resumes by learning from past resumes — largely male applicants. Requirements to routinely test an AI system aren’t in most of the legislative proposals, nearly all of which still have a long road ahead.

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☆ Aging Bridge Is a Flashpoint in Competitive Washington State House Race
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Annie Karni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first thing Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez told donors gathered at a recent wine-and-cheese campaign fund-raiser was of the role she played in securing $600 million in federal funding to rebuild one of the region’s main arteries, the aging Route I-5 bridge. “Bringing that grant home was a dogfight,” said Ms. Perez, 35, a first-term Democrat from a rural, working-class district in Washington State that twice voted for former President Donald J. Trump, and who is facing one of the toughest re-election races in the country this year. “My community is going to build that bridge,” she told the roomful of gray-haired donors gathered in a packed living room in Washougal, Wash., with giant windows overlooking the Columbia River. “This is our work.”Ms. Perez considers this funding to be a major coup for her district and her re-election campaign. But the bridge in one of the country’s most competitive districts has become a political piñata in the race, which is all but certain to pit Ms. Perez against the far-right Republican Joe Kent, whom she beat in 2022 by less than 1 percentage point.

Persons: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, ”, Perez, Donald J, Trump, ” Ms, Republican Joe Kent Organizations: Republican Locations: Washington State, Washougal, Columbia

☆ Unemployment benefits, emergency savings. Here's how to get by without a paycheck after a job loss
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"Job loss is extremely traumatic, but it is important to remember that it is not the end of the world," said Michele Evermore, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation. The average weekly benefit ranges greatly between states, Evermore said. Job loss is extremely traumatic. Michele Evermore a senior fellow at The Century FoundationWhether or not the package affects your unemployment benefits depends on your state's rules, Evermore said. Strategize which savings to tap, in what orderHopefully you have an emergency savings fund to draw from, Curtis said.

Persons: Michele Evermore, Evermore, you've, Carolyn McClanahan, McClanahan, Curtis Organizations: Google, Microsoft, Paramount, CNBC, The Century Foundation, The Century, Employment Security Department, Planning Partners, CNBC's Locations: New York, Washington, Jacksonville , Florida

☆ Henry Rono, Record-Breaking Distance Runner From Kenya, Dies at 72
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Alex Williams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Henry Rono, a Kenyan distance runner who was unable to walk until he was 6 after a gruesome injury to his right leg when he was a toddler but went on to break four world records in just 81 days in 1978, died on Thursday in Nairobi. His death was announced by Athletics Kenya, an amateur athletic association. He died in a hospital, where he had spent 10 days with an unspecified illness. Rono was twice denied shots at Olympic glory in his 20s, when Kenya joined boycotts of the Games in 1976 and 1980. Even so, he was celebrated as one of the country’s great athletes.

Persons: Henry Rono, Rono Organizations: Athletics Kenya, Games, Washington State University Locations: Kenyan, Nairobi, Kenya

☆ The most visited National Park Service sites 2023
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“From Kaloko Honokōhau National Historic Park in Hawai’i to Congaree National Park in South Carolina, parks are attracting more visitors each year to learn about our shared history,” National Park Service Director Chuck Sams said in a news release. 1 spot as the most visited site in the US National Park system and accounts for 5.15% of all visits in the system. Beyond the summer seasonCongaree National Park in South Carolina is starting to grow in popularity, getting more recognition beyond its home state. National Park ServiceVisitation habits to NPS sites are changing with people finding ways to bypass the traditional warm-weather peak. Among the more famous ones were Joshua Tree National Park (3.27 million) and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (8.09 million).

Persons: Chuck Sams, Lincoln, George Washington, Joshua, Joshua Tree, ”, —, ” Sams, “ Organizations: CNN, National, Service, NPS, Historic, Park Service, Recreation Area, Gulf, Lincoln, George Washington Memorial, Natchez, Glen, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington , D.C, Zion, Yellowstone, Rocky, Yosemite National, Acadia, Teton, Lincoln Memorial Locations: Hawai’i, South Carolina, f11photo, Smoky, Mead, Arizona and Utah, Washington ,, Southern California, California, Olympic, Washington, Cuyahoga Valley, Ohio, Montana, Idaho, United States

☆ A New ‘Holy Grail’ in the Housing Crisis: Statewide Rent Caps
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( David W. Chen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For the last 10 years, Dominique Horn has worked for a community health organization in the fast-growing city of Vancouver in Washington State, helping people squeezed by soaring rents to try to avoid homelessness. Sometimes she wonders if she’s going to be her agency’s next client. With her husband struggling at times to find work, Ms. Horn has maxed out her credit cards to keep pace with the rent. The couple and their two children have moved so many times that she keeps sentimental items like photos and heirlooms boxed up, because no place feels like home yet. “I’m just in a constant state of waiting for the other shoe to drop,” said Ms. Horn, 42, whose current lease expires in May.

Persons: Dominique Horn, Horn, heirlooms, “ I’m, ”, “, Ms Locations: Vancouver, Washington State, Washington, Olympia

☆ A New Abortion Access Strategy
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Pam Belluck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

These telemedicine shield laws block officials in red states who might prosecute or sue the abortion providers in Massachusetts, New York, California, Vermont, Colorado and Washington State. Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade and triggered a wave of bans in conservative states, abortion rights advocates have worked to preserve access. They’ve used mobile clinics across the border from red states — and funds that cover the cost of travel to places where abortion is legal. A new toolThe providers started mailing abortion pills under the shield laws just last summer. They’ve already prescribed and mailed abortion pills to tens of thousands of women in Texas, Idaho and other places that banned abortion after the high court’s 2022 decision.

Persons: I’ve, Court’s Dobbs, Roe, Wade, They’ve Organizations: Washington State Locations: Massachusetts , New York , California , Vermont, Colorado, Texas , Idaho

☆ The maker of the massively popular Stanley cups is facing multiple lawsuits over the use of lead in its products
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The consumers said PMI withheld information that would have impacted their decisions to buy Stanley products in the first place. Stanley cups have become massively popular. Social media drew attention to lead in Stanley cupsConcern about lead in Stanley cups became widespread at the end of January when several TikTokers posted videos of themselves home-testing their water bottles for the substance. Although lead is dangerous to humans, public health experts have said that Stanley cups likely don't pose a threat. Despite the controversy around the traces of lead in its products and the recent lawsuits, Stanley cups remain popular.

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☆ 2023 was year of the strike. Here’s what’s possibly ahead in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The 33 strikes last year is roughly double the average of 16.7 major strikes a year over the course of the last 20 years. A separate database of all work stoppages by Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations shows that there were 451 work stoppages in 2023, up 9% from the 2022 total. So the major strikes of 1,000 or more account for less than 10% of the overall number of strikes. So many of the major strikes and contract negotiations that occurred in 2023 will not occur again in 2024. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a chance of some major work stoppages this year.

Persons: Joe Biden Organizations: New, New York CNN, Labor Department, Bureau of Labor Statistics, SAG, Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, General Motors, Ford, Anheuser, Busch, Teamsters, CNN, Molson Coors, Hollywood, Writers Guild of America, Boeing Boeing, Boeing, Max, Alaska Airlines, Professional, American Airlines, Labor, Railway Labor Locations: New York, America, Fort Worth , Texas, Canada, Hollywood, Washington

☆ A Dead Baby Was Found at an Airport in 2005. Her Mother Was Just Arrested.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Jesus Jiménez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The dead baby girl was found in a trash bin in a women’s bathroom at main airport in Phoenix on Oct. 10, 2005. Wrapped in newspapers and a towel, the newborn had been stuffed into a plastic bag from a Marriott Hotel, the police said. Detectives immediately began investigating the death of the child, who came to be known as Baby Skylar. A medical examiner determined two days after the baby was found that she had been suffocated and was the victim of a homicide. Ms. Anderson was in custody in Washington on Tuesday, and was awaiting extradition to Maricopa County, Ariz., Lt. James Hester of the Phoenix Police Department said at the news conference.

Persons: Skylar, Annie Anderson, Anderson, James Hester Organizations: Marriott, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Washington State, Phoenix Police Department Locations: Phoenix, Washington, Maricopa County, Ariz

“It isn't just sort of creepy,” said Washington state Rep. Vandana Slatter, the sponsor of a law her state adopted last year to rein in unauthorized use of health information. X-Mode was also found to have sold location data to the U.S. military. In Virginia, legislation that would prohibit the issuance of search warrants, subpoenas or court orders for electronic or digital menstrual health data recently cleared both chambers of the Democratic-controlled General Assembly. “The next step to enforcing an abortion ban could be accessing menstrual health data, which is why I’m trying to protect that data,” Favola said in a committee hearing. “The software supply chain is extremely polluted with location tracking of individuals,” he said.

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☆ Elon Musk's SpaceX was reportedly fined $3,600 following the 'near amputation' of a worker's foot
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

SpaceX has been fined $3,600 over an accident at its Washington state facility. The incident resulted in the “near amputation" of a worker's foot, Reuters reported. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementElon Musk's SpaceX was fined $3,600 after an employee nearly lost a limb at one of its facilities this month. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: —, Elon Organizations: SpaceX, Reuters, Service, Business Locations: Washington, Redmond

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Evelyn Jefferson walks deep into a forest dotted with the tents of unhoused Lummi Nation tribal members and calls out names. “It took us eight days to bury him because we had to wait in line, because there were so many funerals in front of his,” said Jefferson, crisis outreach supervisor for Lummi Nation. Against the backdrop, tribes such as the Lummi Nation, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Seattle, say the proposed funding — while appreciated — would barely scratch the surface. In September, Lummi Nation declared a state of emergency over fentanyl, adding drug-sniffing dogs and checkpoints, while revoking bail for drug-related charges. But truly thwarting this crisis must go beyond just Lummi Nation working on its own, said Nickolaus Lewis, Lummi councilmember.

Persons: — Evelyn Jefferson, ”, Jefferson, Anthony Hillaire, Hillaire, We’re, Sen, John Braun, we’re, Jesse Davis, Nickolaus Lewis, Lummi, Jay Inslee, Joe Biden, van, It’s, somebody’s, —, ” Jefferson Organizations: Lummi, Alaska Natives, Disease Control, Senate, Republican, Washington State Department of Health, Washington Gov Locations: BELLINGHAM, Wash, Lummi, Jefferson, Washington, U.S, Seattle, Alaska, Bellingham, Bellingham , Jefferson

☆ Jeff Bezos' Miami move could save him $600 million in taxes on stock sale
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jeff Bezos' move to Miami could save him over $600 million in taxes, per CNBC calculations. But Florida has no capital gains tax, unlike Washington. AdvertisementJeff Bezos’ Miami move could be about to save him more than $600 million in taxes. As Florida has no capital gains tax, CNBC calculated that Bezos would save around $600 billion in taxes compared to if he sold the shares while based in Seattle. Washington state passed a new law imposing a 7% capital gains tax on sales of stocks or bonds worth more than $250,000, which went into effect in 2022.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, —, Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Elon Musk Organizations: Washington, Service, CNBC, Business Locations: Miami, Seattle, Florida, Seattle . Washington, Cape Canaveral

☆ Jeff Bezos' move to Miami shows just how hard it is to tax the rich
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementEarlier this month, Bezos announced plans to unload 50 million Amazon shares , worth about $8.5 billion, over the next year. Last week, he sold 12 million shares worth more than $2 billion, per SEC filings. But he stopped in 2022 — the same year Washington state imposed a 7% capital gains tax on gains of over $250,000 for those domiciled there. Florida, in contrast, has a capital gains tax rate of zero. In fact, it is one of the eight states that does not have a capital gains tax.

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☆ Jeff Bezos will save over $600 million in taxes by moving to Miami
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez walk in the Paddock prior to final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Miami at Miami International Autodrome on May 06, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Jeff Bezos' $2 billion stock sale last week came with an added perk: no state taxes. After his move to Miami, Bezos made up for lost time. So on the $2 billion sale last week, he saved $140 million that he would have paid to Washington state. On the entire sale of 50 million shares over the next year, he will save at least $610 million.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Bezos, Tom Brady, Carl Icahn Organizations: of Miami, Miami, Autodrome, Seattle, Origin, SEC, Jan, Amazon, CNBC PRO Locations: Miami , Florida, Miami, Washington, Florida

Some bills would bar financial institutions from discriminating against those who refuse to participate in DEI programs. Meanwhile, Democrats have filed about two dozen bills in 11 states that would require or promote DEI initiatives. The Supreme Court’s June decision ending affirmative action at universities has created a new legal landscape around diversity programs in the workplace and civil society. Rob Standridge, who has authored four bills aiming to hollow out DEI programs in the state, said it has become a salient campaign theme. In a 2023 report, White said Mississippi’s public universities are spending millions on DEI programs instead of student scholarships.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was fatally shot in a still-unsolved killing. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed that it oversaw the exhumation of the body of Pauline Pusser on Thursday at Adamsville Cemetery. A TBI statement said the agency received a new tip that led agents to find that there was never an autopsy performed on Pauline Pusser's body. The Pusser car was hit 11 times. Buford Pusser spent six years as McNairy County sheriff beginning in 1964, and aimed to rid McNairy County of organized crime, from moonshiners to gamblers.

Persons: Pauline Pusser, Buford Pusser, Joe Don Baker, Dwayne “, ” Johnson, Pauline Pusser's, Mark Davidson, Pauline Pusser’s, Keli McAlister, McAlister, “, Sheriff Pusser, Pusser Organizations: —, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Adamsville, Judicial, Tennessee, Selmer, Sheriff, Tennessee -, Tennessean Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, McNairy County, Adamsville, Tennessee - Mississippi, County, moonshiners, Washington state

Republican Kris Kobach’s action was his latest move to restrict transgender rights, following his successful efforts last year to temporarily block Democratic Gov. It’s also part of a trend of GOP attorneys general asserting their authority in culture war issues without a specific state law. Kobach maintains that failing to disclose when a child is socially transitioning or identifying as non-binary at school violates a parents' rights. But Kobach didn't cite Kansas law in his letters to the state school boards association, the Topeka school district and the Kansas City, Shawnee Mission and Olathe school districts in the Kansas City area. But they also look outward, and Kobach's letters weren't the first to issue warnings not grounded in a specific state law.

Persons: they're, Kris Kobach’s, Laura Kelly’s, It’s, Kobach, general's, “, ”, Jordan Smith, Smith, Sen, Renee Erickson, Erickson, ” Kobach, Ken Paxton, it's, Tom Alonzo, Michelle Hubbard, ” Hubbard, ___ Mulvihill Organizations: Democratic, Kansas City, Kansas Association of School Boards, Movement Advancement, Wichita, Shawnee Mission, Seattle Children’s Hospital Locations: TOPEKA, Kan, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas City, Shawnee, Olathe, Wichita, “, Texas, Washington, Georgia, Kansas City , Kansas, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A “whistling sound” was heard on a previous flight of the Boeing 737 Max 9 whose door plug blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight last month, an attorney representing passengers in a lawsuit said in new court documents. On Wednesday, he filed an amended complaint that adds 18 additional passenger plaintiffs and includes the new allegations concerning the previous flight. He did not specify who they were and declined to confirm whether they were passengers or crew members on the previous flight. He also declined to specify when the previous flight occurred. She cautioned, however, that the pressurization light might be unrelated to the door plug blowout.

Persons: Mark Lindquist, Lindquist, “, ”, Max, Jennifer Homendy Organizations: Boeing, Max, Alaska Airlines, Court, Associated Press, AP, National Transportation Safety, NTSB, Alaska, Federal Aviation Administration Locations: PORTLAND, Portland , Oregon, Washington state's King County, Max, Alaska, United

Outside, the tornado had turned the farm’s 103-year-old barn to rubble and strewn debris across the fields for hundreds of yards. Patterson, the meteorologist, said the storm was like ones typically seen in Wisconsin in the late spring and summer. That comes after a 2018 study found that tornadoes were moving farther east, into states like Wisconsin. Conditions collided in Wisconsin late afternoon on Thursday creating the perfect conditions for tornadoes to form, Patterson said. Photos and video shot near Evansville, Wisconsin, that were posted on social media show a tornado with lightning flashing around it.

Persons: Taylor Patterson, Connie Arndt, ”, “, Matt Artis, Artis, ” Hunter Oller, Patterson, El, Dan Wagner, Andy, couldn’t, Andy Wagner, Carrie Antlfinger, Bauer, Brodhead Organizations: National Weather Service, Local, Atmospheric Administration, El Nino, Artis, Associated Press Locations: EVANSVILLE, Wis, Wisconsin, Madison, Iowa, Milwaukee, Evansville, family’s, Porter, Brodhead , Wisconsin, Magnolia, Washington, New Mexico, Upper Midwest, Maine, Evansville , Wisconsin

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s cybersecurity agency has launched a program aimed at boosting election security in the states, shoring up support for local offices and hoping to provide reassurance to voters that this year's presidential elections will be safe and accurate. Officials with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency planned to introduce its new election security adviser program Thursday to the National Association of State Election Directors and on Friday to the National Association of Secretaries of State. For state and local election officials, the list of security challenges keeps growing. The CISA program includes 10 new hires, all of whom join the federal agency with extensive election experience. CISA Director Jen Easterly announced plans for the program at a July meeting of the state election directors in South Carolina.

Persons: Jen, Cait Conley, ” Conley, Keith Ingram, Spencer Wood, David Stafford, “, ”, Lori Augino, CISA, Al Schmidt, Karen Brinson Bell, Brinson Bell Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Security Agency, National Association of State, National Association of, State, Ohio, State’s, North Carolina State Board Locations: New Hampshire, Fulton County , Georgia, Russia, South Carolina, Texas, Escambia County , Florida, Washington, ”, “

A border security package instantly collapsed in the Senate. Congress failed in stunning fashion this week as Republicans in both the House and the Senate revolted in new and unimaginable ways against their own agenda. But it’s not a way to govern," said Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana. Now, without naming Trump, McConnell says he will support the Republican Party's eventual nominee for president, though it's clear the two have a deteriorated relationship. First-term Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida acknowledged the week's setbacks were not why he came to Congress after a military career.

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The number of affordable units — with rents under $600 — also dropped to 7.2 million that year, 2.1 million fewer than a decade earlier. Photos You Should See View All 45 ImagesThose factors contributed to a dramatic rise in eviction filings and a record number of people becoming homeless. "It just hits you like, ‘This is for nothing.’"In Auburn, Massachusetts, pervasive rent hikes have already hit the last bastion of affordable housing. Just off an interstate alongside a pond, residents at the American Mobile Home Park face rent increases upwards of 40%. The group Lawyers For Civil Rights has sent a letter to the landlord accusing it of “unconscionable rent increases," and failing to provide critical services like adequate garbage and snow removal.

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