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
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.
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-
Working Cascadians struggling to make ends meet Hope you had a good Labor Day – I took the afternoon to explore Point Defiance Park, a beautiful (and huge!) public park at the northern tip of Tacoma. Over the weekend, there were several labor-focused articles in local media including a detailed
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.
Immigrants to lose health care in WA after fed cuts Through the Static reports that up to 11,000 immigrants in Washington state may lose health insurance after the Trump regime passed massive nationwide cuts to Medicaid. KUOW also covers the cuts and Gov. Bob Ferguson's efforts to
Many thanks to Vermillion art gallery and bar in Seattle and all who attended the debut of the Subduction spoken word series last night! It was a lovely, lively evening of poetry rooted in the Cascadia bioregion. Many thanks to Ankober Yewondwossen, Rhea Melina, Nadine Maestas, and Paul Nelson for
Teacher strike averted in Seattle West Seattle Blog reports that the SEA teachers' union and Seattle Public Schools came to an agreement last night on a new contract, averting a strike. Teachers, who authorized a strike if no deal was made, had taken issue with the district's
"Promising progress" on contract for Seattle teachers West Seattle Blog reports that the Seattle Education Association, the union for the city's public school teachers made "promising progress" on a new contract with Seattle Public Schools in marathon negotiations last night that went well into
One book I read earlier this summer is the Cascadian classic, Ecotopia, by Ernest Callenbach. The futurist novel first published in 1975 was for many the first time they'd considered the idea of an independent, environmental utopian nation in the Pacific Northwest.
