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Washington governor Bob Ferguson, in a photo from 2018, looks pensively into the distance.

Ferguson and legislature failing to protect Washington residents

Sign up for a free subscription Washington state is a crossroads. And governor Bob Ferguson and the legislature have chosen to take the path that dead ends in noxious weeds. Ever since the second Trump administration took power in January, they've engaged in a merciless onslaught of illegal

A view of the west coast of Cascadia from space, including Vancouver Island, the Straight of Juan de Fuca and the Olympic peninsula.

Daily Digest: Happy Earth Day from Cascadia! 🌎

Happy Earth Day! Celebrate by not taking a cruise Today is Earth Day, and if you're looking to celebrate, volunteer, or speak out against the Trump administration's evisceration of budgets for the EPA, climate science, and renewable energy here are some events in the Seattle area,

A view of Seattle's St James Cathedral, the city's largest Catholic Church.

Daily Digest: WA priests will become mandatory reporters, BC a battleground in Canada's election

This is a free sample of Cascadia Journal's Daily Digest... Do me a big favor: if you like this daily roundup, sign up to receive it every morning for just $5 a month: SUBSCRIBE TO CASCADIA JOURAL Pope Francis dies, WA to require priests to report abuse Pope

People marching in the Seattle Pride parade carry a large rainbow flag.

Daily Digest: Ferguson says more taxes "too risky," Spokane seeks to protect LGBTQ folks

[Good afternoon! You're receiving a free subscription to Cascadia Journal's Daily Digest, a round-up of news, environmental reporting, and arts coverage from across the Pacific Northwest. For $5 a month, you can receive this newsletter in your inbox every day. Andrew Engelson's weekly essays

A "beg button" requesting a walk sign at a Seattle crosswalk is decorated with stickers, including a Cascadia Flag and "Mary Oliver is Gangstalking Me"

Daily Digest: Bezos whines from beg buttons, Oregon homelessness on the rise

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Motorists parked at a viewpoint look out at the Columbia River Gorge.

What would it take to change Cascadia place names?

Place names are heated political topic these days. After a decades-long battle to officially re-name North America's highest peak, Alaska's Denali, in 2015 – one of Donald Trump's first executive orders was to officially rename it Mount McKinley again. And the Associated Press was kicked

A cruise ship sails in front of snow-capped mountains.

Daily Digest: Will Alaska cruise season run aground? A Black/queer series set in Vancouver

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Canada Green Party leader Elizabeth May gives a speech

Daily Digest: Green Party leader sees high emotion in Canada's election, Trump kills FEMA aid

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Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell gives a speech.

The Daily Digest: Seattle tax revenue tanks, Cascadia pummeled by federal cuts

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Paul Kelley, director of Yakima Office of the Public Defender, stands outside his office.

The Daily Digest: Rent limits, Crisis in Public Defense, Remembering Dave Allen

Rent in Cascadia will still be too damn high One of the most pressing issues in the Pacific Northwest is the shortage of housing, which drives up prices. State and local governments have grappled with ways to address the situation with varied degrees of success. Yesterday, the WA Senate passed

Protestors at a Hands Off protest at Seattle Center hold signs, including "RESIST" and "Could you imgaine if Obama did ANY of this?"

Cascadia Daily Digest 4-10-25

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On Monday, the US Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling that allows the Trump administration to continue to kidnap Venezuelan immigrants living in the US and send them to prisons in El Salvador without due process. It's just one of a thousand cuts this administration has inflicted on