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  • Anti-Trump demonstration draws 1,500

    Juan Jocom, Washington State Journal|Feb 12, 2025

    About 1,500 protesters swarmed the Capitol in Olympia Feb. 5 to protest Trump administration policies on immigration, LGBTQ+ rights and plans laid out in Project 2025, a conservative playbook for slashing the size of government. The protest was part of a nationwide effort to stage rallies in every state capital on the same day. Most attendees said they learned of the planned protest through social media and word of mouth. Olympia resident Rita Homan said her daughter told her and decided to...

  • Students urge legislators to increase funding for public schools 

    Juan Jocom, Washington State Journal|Feb 5, 2025

    Students, parents, educators and activists with the advocacy group Billion Dollar Bake Sale gathered outside the Legislative Building in Olympia Jan. 30 to demand more money for public schools. "Fund our schools, no more crumbs," students chanted as they expressed frustrations over current school funding. The group wants an additional $3 billion for education, well above the $1.3 billion in the proposed budget of former Gov. Jay Inslee. Huda Hamed, a seventh grader in the Seattle Public School...

  • Ferguson proposes $4 billion in cuts to ease state budget deficit

    Juan Jocom|Jan 15, 2025

    Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson unveiled a budget-cutting plan to ease a projected $12 billion statewide budget deficit during a 2025 legislative preview in Olympia Jan. 9. "Washingtonians expect that we will increase revenue as a last resort. I will not contemplate additional revenue options until we have exhausted efforts to improve efficiency," Ferguson said. Estimates of the deficit vary widely, from $7 billion to $15 billion. To make up the deficit, Ferguson proposes cutting spending by 6% of the...