Starbucks to close 250 stores According to the AP, Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks will close 250 "underperforming" stores in North America. According to the article, Starbucks Workers United, which is attempting to unionize baristas, says that 20 coffee shops that have unionized are among those closing. Earlier
Good afternoon! Washington's mid-term elections are just around the corner (ballots will be mailed out mid-October and are due in a ballot box by 8 pm Nov 3). While there are plenty of high-profile races on the ballot, one that often requires a little assistance
Court rules feds can't demand WA voter rolls KUOW reports that a federal judge in Seattle this week ruled against the Trump regime's demand that Washington state turn over voter information in advance of the November mid-term elections. It's the 25th loss for
Any movement toward autonomy and independence for Cascadia must include in its coalition tribes and Indigenous people.
Here in Cascadia and across the US, the feds have put in place new rules to solve a problem that doesn't exist: fraud in vote-by-mail.
The Tacoma prison camp is a grim place, situated between a maze of railroad tracks and surrounded by razor wire. It looks exactly like what it is: a concentration camp where 1,500 people are held, many indefinitely.
Seattle and Portland have become safe havens from places passing restrictive anti-trans laws.
Cascadia – Oregon and Washington together – paid $51.5 billion more in taxes than were returned back to our region in funding in 2025.
After a talk last night in Seattle by Bank of North Dakota CEO Don Morgan, I came away even more convinced that Oregon and Washington should make creating public state banks a high legislative priority.
Observations on news, politics, and the arts in the Pacific Northwest.
Good afternoon to everyone except ICE and their masked goons. I've been doing some observing of ICE lately to help my community and I can tell you they're the most unprofessional, provocative, and childish group of armed individuals I've ever encountered. Abolish ICE. Support
Good morning, friends! Lots of newsworthy things happening this afternoon: Seattle mayor Katie Wilson reveals her proposed city budget, the Seattle city council will vote on whether or not to ban surveillance grocery pricing, and British Columbia premier David Eby is expected to announce whether his ruling New Democratic Party
Leader of BC Conservatives calls it quits The Tyee reports that Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as leader of the BC Conservatives after more than a dozen MLAs left the party, which has remade itself into a MAGA-style social conservative party. The latest MLA rushing out the door was Linda
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OR data centers consume one quarter of state's power OPB writes about a new report from ECOnorthwest that finds that Oregon has 111 data centers, 32 new ones in the pipeline, and that the existing centers consume nearly 25% of all the state's electric power. The
Seattle mayor's public safety plan focuses on prevention KUOW reports on Seattle mayor Katie Wilson's new plan to address gun violence and other crime by ramping up the city's Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) program, an alternative to police response, as well as
US supreme court blocks fed election meddling for now The US supreme court yesterday blocked implementation of the Trump regime's plan to use the US postal service to impose restrictions on vote by mail and require states to hand over voter rolls to the feds. Washington attorney general
Seattle hotel strike ends Washington state's longest hotel worker strike ended over the weekend, the Seattle Times reports, with workers at the Embassy Suites in Pioneer Square gaining an hourly wage of $31 an hour and year-round health insurance. Housekeepers and other staff were on strike for
OR legislature approves $120 million to address wildfires Oregon Capital Chronicle reports that the Oregon legislature's join emergency board, which is authorized to portion out funds with the legislature isn't in session, has approved $120 million to fight and address wildfires across the state. Fires have
ICE has flown more than 500 people out of Seattle KUOW reports that in the past several weeks, ICE has flown more than 500 detainees out of Boeing Field, most of them formerly housed at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. Immigrant activists say the uptick coincided with a court
Any movement toward autonomy and independence for Cascadia must include in its coalition tribes and Indigenous people.
Vancouver progressives to rally behind Fry The Tyee reports that Vancouver mayoral candidate William Azaraoff, with the progressive OneCity party, has dropped out of the race for mayor, leaving progressives with a single candidate to rally behind, Pete Fry of the Green party. Incumbent mayor Ken Sim, of the center-
