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More Art, Less Trash: Washington Reuse Centers Promote Upcycling
By Scarlet Hansen Jenna Boitano, co-founder of Seattle ReCreative, views materials differently than most. “I think there’s a connection between how we treat materials and how we treat people,”...
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Inside the Tumultuous Debate Behind Seattle’s Tree Ordinance
By Eric Scigliano/ Crosscut.com While the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties tried first to appeal, then to shape Seattle’s proposed Tree Protection Ordinance last year, one...
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Amid Heavy Smoke, Wildfire Crews Work Without Practical Respirators
By Hannah Weinberger/ Crosscut.com Smoke lingered in the heat as fire Capt. Jeff Wainwright sweltered near Hangman Valley outside Spokane this past June. Baking in his bunker gear on a wildfire...
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Readers Sound Off on Washington’s High Gas Prices
By Venice Buhain / Crosscut.com Theodore Klipsch and his wife had been considering switching to an electric vehicle when Washington’s gas prices soared to be the highest in the country. But the cost...
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Seattle Playwright Aimee Chou Shares Deaf Culture Through Humor
By Nimra Ahmad / Crosscut.com It’s tempting to trace an artist’s origins back to a significant spark of interest. As a child, they took to fingerpainting, wearing tutus around the house or strumming...
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Pacific Northwest Ballet’s New Guard Brings Diversity Center Stage
By Marcie Sillman/ Crosscut.com Angelica Generosa remembers vividly a particular evening last September. Pacific Northwest Ballet was about to open its 50th anniversary season and Generosa, a...
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Could Selling Sewage Save the Salish Sea?
By John Stang / Crosscut.com Nutrients. Nitrogen. Algae. All lead to leaching the oxygen out of Puget Sound that fish require to thrive or survive. And a significant proportion can be traced back to...
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Washington Recalculates Math Courses to Students’ Career Relevance
By Jo Napolitano/ Crosscut.com Twenty-one states across the country — Utah, Washington and Georgia among them — are part of a special initiative led by the Charles A. Dana Center in Austin, Texas, to...
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National Culture Wars on Race, LGBTQ+ Rights Come to WA Schools
By Joseph O’Sullivan/ Crosscut.com An Olympia parent group questioning a teacher about her involvement in resource groups for students of color. A measure before the Richland School Board to remove a...
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WA Colleges Say Indigenous Students Need More Support Post-Pandemic
By Nicholas K. Geranios Alesia Nez enrolled at Washington State University just as the pandemic hit. Nez, a member of the Navajo Nation, didn’t spend her freshman year in Pullman, but instead studied...
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WA Spent $500M To Help Small, Minority Businesses. Did It Work?
By Brandon Block / Crosscut.com Sunlight shone through the knee-to-ceiling glass windows as Venus Forteza, 48, stood behind the bar, pouring beers and taking orders for Cuban sandwiches or pork...
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New Study Brings Home the Danger of Fentanyl for WA Residents
By Megan Burbank/ Crosscut.com When a new University of Washington study revealed that bus and train riders were regularly being exposed to traces of fentanyl and methamphetamine, the reach of the...
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WA’s New Drug Law Could Help Needle Exchanges — Or Restrict Them
– By Andrew Engelson / Crosscut.com November 2, 2023 Mike Nichols, who’s 66 and has lived in southeastern Washington all his life, has used drugs – including opioids and meth – for more than 40 years....
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‘Home Was Never a Place’: One Woman’s Life in WA Foster Care
By Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds One day in second grade, Janell Braxton’s teacher told her, unexpectedly, that her mom had come to pick her up for a dentist appointment. Janell, thrilled to...
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Can Washington State Bridge Its Political Divide? Some Want to Try
By Joseph O’Sullivan/ Crosscut.com When Lt. Gov. Denny Heck brought together bipartisan focus groups of community leaders – in Port Angeles, Wenatchee, Vancouver and elsewhere – to discuss civility...
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Washington Caps Insulin Costs at $35/Month. More Reforms May Come
By Megan Burbank At a January 2020 hearing for State Sen. Karen Keiser’s first insulin cost-sharing bill, physicians and patients testified to the high cost of the drug that keeps them alive. Kevin...
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Washington Legislature Aims to Regulate AI — But Treads Cautiously
By John Stang / Crosscut.com Baby steps. Extreme caution. Distinguishing between science fiction and science reality. The Washington Legislature aims to tackle artificial intelligence in the upcoming...
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13 Ways To Observe Black History Month With Art — And Hockey
By Brangien Davis & Gavin Borchert The best way to observe Black History Month is to keep it in mind all year long. But there’s no denying that in February, Seattle arts venues are filled with...
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Washington Teens Advocate for Narcan in Every School
By Scarlet Hansen A group of Lake Washington High School seniors say it’s time to put opioid overdose medications like Narcan in every school to protect students amid the growing opioid epidemic....
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WA Legislature Revs up Plan to Electrify 10,000 School Buses
By John Stang Washington is poised to start transitioning its more than 10,000 school buses from diesel to electric, to cut the carbon pollution getting into kids’ lungs and our environment. The...
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