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• Brown floats $2 tobacco tax increase to fund Medicaid

  10-04-2019 23:58
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown plans to pay down the state’s Medicaid shortfall through a $2 tax increase on tobacco products, plus an additional tax on e-cigarettes and other vaping products. The governor told the House Committee on Revenue Wednesday that the tax “will provide long-term sustainable funding,” while also encouraging people […]
  
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• North Dakota governor signs bill banning abortion procedure

  10-04-2019 23:52
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed legislation Wednesday that makes it a crime for a doctor performing a second-trimester abortion to use instruments such as clamps, scissors and forceps to remove the fetus from the womb. The bill that passed easily in the GOP-led Legislature last month outlaws the abortion […]
  
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• Humans Have Seen't It, a Black Hole

  10-04-2019 23:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeReminds me of that Soundgarden song. EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE COLLABORATION ET AL.
  A network of eight ground-based telescopes around the world have composed an image of a black hole in a galaxy called M87. The object is massive (it weighs as much as 4 million suns), and far, far away (55 million light-years from us). It looks a little like the flame that opens Terrence Malik's Tree of Life (I wish this was not so, because I can't stand that film and its bogus metaphysics). It is
  
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• Humans Have Now Seen't It, a Black Hole

  10-04-2019 23:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeReminds me of that Soundgarden song. EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE COLLABORATION ET AL.
  A network of eight ground-based telescopes around the world have composed an image of a black hole in a galaxy called M87. The object is massive (it weighs as much as 4 million suns), and far, far away (55 million light-years from us). It looks a little like the flame that opens Terrence Malik's Tree of Life (I wish this was not so, because I can't stand that film and its bogus metaphysics). It is
  
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• House OKs bill requiring fiscal note on ballot initiatives

  10-04-2019 23:38
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation requiring that ballot initiatives include how much the proposed law will cost and how it will be funded is headed to the Senate. The House voted 48-18 Wednesday to approve the bill that was a portion of another bill vetoed last week by Republican Gov. Brad Little. Backers say the […]
  
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• Environmentalists question Pennsylvania’s new methane rule

  10-04-2019 23:37
  The administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is pushing a regulation to control methane emissions from existing natural gas facilities that doesn’t directly target the potent greenhouse gas, raising alarm among environmental groups. Instead, the proposed rule sets limits on smog-forming volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, emitted by Pennsylvania’s enormous gas industry, with methane reduction […]
  
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• His Ex-Girlfriend Fucked Her Boss Before They Met and He's Not Okay With That

  10-04-2019 23:23 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan SavageWhen I first started dating my girlfriend I asked her about past boyfriends and she said she hadn’t met the right guy yet. After dating for nine years I found out about a past boyfriend and looked through her emails. I found she dated her married boss for three years. She broke up with me for looking and judging her about it. I feel like she lied and she thinks it was none of my business. We’ve been broken up for five months. She’s reac
  
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• Medical examiner identifies remains found near Big Lake

  10-04-2019 23:07
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say human remains found last week near Big Lake in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough belong to a Wasilla woman missing since December. The state medical examiner says the human remains belonged to 57-year-old Dolly Hampton and that she died by homicide. Troopers have identified a suspect in the case. […]
  
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• House at odds with Senate over Idaho rulemaking process

  10-04-2019 23:03
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The House has amended legislation involving Idaho’s obscure rulemaking process in a fight with the Senate. The House voted 52-15 Wednesday to approve the amended legislation that requires rules originating in state agencies get approval from both the House and Senate before becoming law. Currently, the rules can become law with […]
  
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• Man gets 15 years for sexually exploiting 7 girls online

  10-04-2019 22:34
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a 50-year-old Tigard man to 15 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for contacting, grooming and sexually exploiting girls via social media. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports David Otto was sentenced Wednesday. An investigation began after the mother of one of Otto’s victims reported […]
  
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• Buy Your Tickets to These 19 Newly Announced Seattle Events Before They Sell Out

  10-04-2019 22:05 via thestranger.com
  Dax Shepard, Neil Young, and Other Events on Sale the Week of April 12by Stranger Things To Do StaffWe all know that many of the biggest Seattle events often sell out well in advance. But it's not a lost cause—if you plan ahead, you can still score tickets for the most popular events. To help you with that, we've rounded up all of the major events that are going on sale in the next couple of days, like Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington, a live taping of Dax Shepard's podcast Armchair Ex
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Witty Snarkfest "You Can't Tell Me Shit" by Acerbic Indie Rappers Epic Beard Men

  10-04-2019 21:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Middle-aged white hip-hop duo Epic Beard Men cleverly spoof very-online tropes and EDM on “You Can't Tell Me Shit.” Catch them at Barboza April 19.by Dave SegalThey don't even like the old Kanye. Photo: Sam Gehrke Paint: Natalie Fletcher
  Epic Beard Men, “You Can't Tell Me Shit” (Strange Famous)
  Epic Beard Men's logo pays tribute to EPMD's, and it's not just idle idol worship. EBM (veteran indie hip-hoppers Sage Francis and B. Dolan) hark back to the genre's golden era of
  
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• A Reading List for the End of the World

  10-04-2019 21:44 via thestranger.com
  The best, weirdest, and scariest books about climate change.by Erik Henriksen“It is worse, much worse, than you think.” So begins journalist David Wallace-Wells’ The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, a book about climate change that reminds you, chapter after chapter, that even if you think you know how bad things are, and even if you think you know how much worse they’re going to get, you probably have no fucking idea. Humanity, writes Wallace-Wells, is facing a c
  
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• Beetles create risk of falling trees at 2 Alaska campgrounds

  10-04-2019 21:35
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska park officials are closing two state campgrounds because of the threat of falling trees brought on by insects and aggravated by a warming climate. Campgrounds south of Denali National Park will be closed after spruce bark beetles ate through trees, killing them. State parks director Ricky Gease (gees) says rotten […]
  
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• Senate rejects marijuana supply management plan

  10-04-2019 21:28
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Senate shot down a plan to limit the state’s supply of recreational, legal marijuana. The proposal responds to a rampant oversupply of marijuana that’s caused prices to plummet. The measure would have allowed the state to limit the number of marijuana production licenses it issues based on supply and […]
  
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• Give Up the Ghost with Nathalie Graham

  10-04-2019 21:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleGive Up the Ghost is a ghost-story series at Queen City on second Saturdays of the month at 9 pm. Bring a flashlight. Photo collage by Rachelle Abellar/Christopher Frizzelle
  The ghost-story series Give Up the Ghost is back! Dead bodies, unexplained phenomena, creepy true tales, and more. If you came to Give Up the Ghost in March, you should know we're going to do things a little differently this time. The show will be an interview format—less like a literary reading
  
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• Spring and Summer Events for Pet Owners and Animal Lovers

  10-04-2019 21:09 via thestranger.com
  Where to Spend Time with Dogs, Cats, Goats, Birds, Reptiles, and More.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSeattle is filled with critters walking with their humans, gazing out of windows, and waiting to be adopted from shelters—not to mention the wild creatures that fly through the air, slither through gardens, and swim through the seas. In honor of The Stranger's Pet Issue, we've compiled all the best ways to spend time with animals and support their well-being through local organizations from
  
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• This Stoner Card Game Promotes Conversation—and Pot, of Course

  10-04-2019 20:58 via thestranger.com
  by Josh Jardine Higher Thought: The Cannabis Game.Higher ThoughtThere's a new card game designed specifically for the stoner set, with the worthy and admirable goal of getting players to get high and talk to one another. For some of you, that sentence sends shudders down your spine and activates sweaty palms, but take a deep breath and stay with me.The Portland team behind Higher Thought: The Cannabis Game describe it as "the Conversation You've Been Waiting for All Your Life." That conversation
  
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• State taking comment on proposal to raise Pioneer Home rates

  10-04-2019 20:45
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — State officials are moving ahead with a proposal that would significantly raise rates at state-supported elder-care facilities, while a bill in the Alaska House seeks to moderate what the state can charge. Clinton Lasley, director of the division overseeing Pioneer Homes, recently told a House committee the state would continue with […]
  
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• Alaska eyeing proposal to raise Pioneer Home rates

  10-04-2019 20:45
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska officials are moving ahead with a proposal that would significantly raise rates at state-supported elder-care facilities, while a bill in the state House seeks to moderate what the state can charge. Clinton Lasley, director of the division overseeing Pioneer Homes, recently told a House committee the state would continue with […]
  
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• Lawyer: Challenge to NYC’s vaccination order in the works

  10-04-2019 20:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of New York City’s emergency declaration ordering everyone in a heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood to be vaccinated for measles will file a lawsuit this week, a lawyer working with the group said Wednesday. Civil rights attorney Michael Sussman called the order threatening to fine residents of four ZIP codes in […]
  
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• Flash Deals: We've Got Exclusive Discounts on These Weekend Events!

  10-04-2019 20:30 via thestranger.com
  Flash Deals: We Have Exclusive Discounts for These Upcoming Seattle Eventsby Stranger Things To Do StaffAt Stranger Things To Do, we're on a constant mission to make your life as full of as many fun events as possible, at as little cost as possible. Beyond just our lists of cheap & easy things to do, we're now offering exclusive deals on some of this weekend's hottest events—just for you! Read on to see this week's crop of flash deals, all of which are on sale for up to 55% off when yo
  
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• 2 dead after trench collapses in rural Idaho

  10-04-2019 20:10
  NEW PLYMOUTH, Idaho (AP) — The Payette County Sheriff’s Office says two people are dead after a trench collapsed in a rural southwestern Idaho. Payette County Sheriff’s Lt. Andy Creech says the men were working for a private company installing irrigation pipes Wednesday morning when the trench they were in collapsed. Three different fire departments, […]
  
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• Oregon animal sanctuary won’t move to Nevada

  10-04-2019 19:48
  YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) — The owner of an animal rescue facility for lions and other large cats in Oregon is abandoning her plans to relocate to Nevada after the Lyon County Planning Commission denied her a conditional use permit. Bonnie Ringo, owner of the Tiger Preservation Center in Cave Junction, Oregon, wanted to relocate and […]
  
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• Amazon Go stores to accept cash under growing pressure to serve low-income shoppers

  10-04-2019 19:47
  Amazon Go, the app-enabled stores that enable customers to simply walk out with their purchases — no checkout clerk needed — plans to begin accepting cash amid growing criticism that the process discriminates against low-income shoppers. The streamlined convenience stores, which launched last year, feature meals, snacks, grocery items and at some locations, beer, wine […]
  
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• The Pathway to Universal Health Care Bill Is Passing with Bipartisan Support

  10-04-2019 19:41 via thestranger.com
  
  No way House Democrats are going to fuck this one up.by Rich SmithComing right along. No way House Democrats could fuck this one up. Nope.Lester BlackOver the last few days a bill that will put Washington state on the pathway to implementing a universal health care system passed out of two committees ~with bipartisan support~ and is now sitting in the Rules committee, just waiting to be pulled to the floor by any ol' House Speaker named Frank Chopp.The bill, SB 5822, would convene a workgroup to
  
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• Hospital sues Saudi prince, says he reneged on $3.5M payment

  10-04-2019 19:37
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston Children’s Hospital has sued a Saudi prince for $3.5 million it says it is owed for the care of a child he agreed to pay for. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Boston says Prince Abdelilah bin Abdelaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Faisal Al Saud offered to pay for […]
  
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• July hearing expected in Obama health care law case

  10-04-2019 19:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans says it will hear arguments this summer on a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn former President Barack Obama’s health insurance law. An order Wednesday from Judge Leslie Southwick says the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit agreed to a request […]
  
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• Hilaria Baldwin describes decision to share miscarriage news

  10-04-2019 19:04
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hilaria Baldwin says she chose to share that she had a miscarriage because it would hurt if she “went through it in silence.” The author, yoga instructor and wife of actor Alec Baldwin wrote on Instagram on Tuesday “there was no heartbeat today at my scan…so it’s over.” The 35-year-old mother […]
  
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• Bones from Philippine cave reveal a new human cousin

  10-04-2019 19:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fossil bones and teeth found in the Philippines have revealed a long-lost cousin of modern people, which evidently lived around the time our own species was spreading from Africa to occupy the rest of the world.  It’s yet another reminder that, although Homo sapiens is now the only surviving member of […]
  
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• When I Think of Fish, I Think of Death

  10-04-2019 18:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith RACHELLE ABELLAR
  The big, blown-glass globe sat on a shelf at a Cost Plus World Market. It looked perfect. It was supposed to be a vase for flowers, but in my altered state (I was high), I could only see it as the Platonic ideal of a fish bowl.
  Though the $40 price tag would blow my entire home decor budget, I had to have it.
  A tiny fish swimming around a great big bowl would add a note of humorous sophistication to the big party house I was preparing to move into with a bunch of m
  
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• Having a Fish Isn't as Easy as It Looks

  10-04-2019 18:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith RACHELLE ABELLAR
  The big, blown-glass globe sat on a shelf at a Cost Plus World Market. It looked perfect. It was supposed to be a vase for flowers, but in my altered state (I was high), I could only see it as the Platonic ideal of a fish bowl.
  Though the $40 price tag would blow my entire home decor budget, I had to have it.
  A tiny fish swimming around a great big bowl would add a note of humorous sophistication to the big party house I was preparing to move into with a bunch of m
  
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• Insulin too pricey? Some options to cut costs for diabetics

  10-04-2019 18:15
  Amid the public uproar about skyrocketing insulin costs, drugmakers and some prescription plans are starting to offer patients bigger discounts.
  
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• Final suspect in Alaska gang killing arrested in Georgia

  10-04-2019 18:09
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A suspect in the death of an Alaska gang member has been arrested in Georgia. The Anchorage Daily News reports 37-year-old Glen Baldwin is one of six people charged in federal court in the death of Michael Staton near Wasilla in 2017. Two have pleaded guilty. Three others already were in […]
  
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• The Stranger's 2019 Pet Issue, Featuring Dogs, Cats, Axolotls, and More

  10-04-2019 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher Frizzelle Jessica Stein
  Pets are banned from The Stranger's office, due to a written agreement with our landlord. But Lester Black got to visit an office in Georgetown that has some 300 dogs walking around at any given time.
  Nathalie Graham, who also wishes we didn't have an office ban on furry friends, recently got a cat from a shelter in the U-District, and it has been yowling nonstop. Turns out, the cat is in heat. (Nathalie may wish she could bring Juno to the office, but the
  
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• Slog AM: Donated Books Aren't a Source of Prison Contraband Despite Ban, Sony Unveils School Bus-Sized TV, First Ever Black Hole Photo

  10-04-2019 17:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyThe only thing stuck in these pages is KNOWLEDGE.Patrick Daxenbichler/Getty Images
  Corrections officials face backlash after banning donated books: They said the books were being used to smuggle in things like drugs, porn, and tattoo guns and were responsible for the rise in contraband they saw in their prisons. But the Seattle Times crunched the numbers and it appears this has only happened three or four times in the last year. The Department of Corrections’ claim that th
  
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• Germany to mull carbon tax as part of national climate pact

  10-04-2019 17:39
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environment minister says the government will discuss introducing a carbon tax as part of its national plan to curb climate change. Speaking after the first meeting of a special “climate Cabinet,” German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said Wednesday that government ministers would, over the coming months, put forward proposals for cutting […]
  
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• Suspected DUI driver with 3 children in car kills motorcyclist near Lacey

  10-04-2019 17:31
  The suspected DUI driver, a 36-year-old Lacey man, was arrested for investigation of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, DUI and three counts of reckless endangerment.
  
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• Heavy rains create flooding in Pullman; Oregon and Idaho also affected

  10-04-2019 17:23
  Heavy rains produced flooding Tuesday in the adjacent college towns of Pullman, Washington, and Moscow, Idaho, damaging several businesses and forcing some evacuations.
  
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• Anti-opioid addiction drug maker charged with fraud

  10-04-2019 17:20
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say the company that makes a drug meant to curb opioid addiction has been lying for years about the relative safety of its product. Prosecutors in Virginia filed fraud charges Tuesday against British-based Indivior, which makes Suboxone film strips that dissolve under the tongue and are used to ease […]
  
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• Woof woof! Seattle named best dog city in the nation, again

  10-04-2019 16:04
  Seattle is top dog in a new study of the most dog-friendly cities.
  
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• Scientists reveal first image ever made of a black hole

  10-04-2019 15:10
  "We have seen what we thought was unseeable. We have seen and taken a picture of a black hole. Here it is," said Sheperd Doeleman of Harvard. Spoiler alert: It looked like a flaming orange, yellow and black ring.
  
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• Science fact: Astronomers reveal first image of a black hole

  10-04-2019 15:10
  "We have seen what we thought was unseeable. We have seen and taken a picture of a black hole. Here it is," said Sheperd Doeleman of Harvard. Spoiler alert: It looked like a flaming orange, yellow and black ring.
  
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• Sound Transit is taking over the downtown transit tunnel. What are its plans for the vacant Westlake Station kiosk?

  10-04-2019 15:00
  About 24,000 people a day enter or exit trains inside the vast, two-block long Westlake Station. Ridership will grow when U District, Roosevelt and Northgate stations open in 2021.
  
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• ‘Radical changes’ needed: Will Washington lawmakers and Inslee finally overhaul the state’s mental-health system?

  10-04-2019 15:00
  Lawmakers are working to overhaul how the state provides psychiatric care. The plan could cost $1 billion in the coming years, and create perhaps 1,000 new mental-health treatment beds.
  
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• New Seattle homeless shelters got more people into housing, but many missed the mark

  10-04-2019 15:00
  Fifteen of the 25 enhanced shelters contracted by Seattle ended 2018 short of their performance goals, including shelters operated by longtime providers like Mary's Place, Catholic Community Services and Compass Housing Alliance.
  
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• Corrections officials’ claims of contraband in used books mailed to Washington inmates don’t add up

  10-04-2019 15:00
  Defending a ban last week that it has since walked back, the state Department of Corrections cited 17 instances last year involving contraband. But information provided to The Times shows only three of those instances involved contraband hidden in books.
  
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• Corrections officials’ claims of contraband in used books mailed to Washington inmates doesn’t add up

  10-04-2019 15:00
  Defending a ban last week that it has since walked back, the state Department of Corrections cited 17 instances last year involving contraband. But information provided to The Times shows only three of those instances involved contraband hidden in books.
  
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• A new chapter for Tacoma’s resident Nerd Farmer

  10-04-2019 15:00
  Nathan Gibbs-Bowling, Washington state's 2016 Teacher of the Year, will leave the country after this school year for a new endeavor: teaching at the American Community School in Abu Dhabi.
  
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• After a little more than a year on Seattle’s school board, Zachary DeWolf announces City Council campaign

  10-04-2019 14:00
  If his campaign is successful, DeWolf's departure could mark even more potential change for the School Board. Four of seven seats are up for reelection this November.
  
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