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Cascadia today: WA gives $2 million to food banks + teachers monitor ICE + exploring Native land through art
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Cascadia today: Tight race for Seattle mayor + tribe owns former right-wing billboard + food drive in Seattle Nov 1
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Cascadia today: Portland councilor's home burns + MPOX returns + WA to kill wolves
Good morning, friends! Here's your roundup of news, environmental reporting and arts coverage from across the Cascadia bioregion. I'm just four new members short of my goal of 70 paid subscribers by the end October. If you can, your monthly support of $5 per month helps
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Cascadia deserves universal healthcare
Earlier this week, after Washington state opened enrollment in the Washington Health Plan Exchange, I logged in to my account to see how much my monthly premiums will go up if Congress fails to renew federal subsidies for Obamacare, which expire this year. The rate, with subsidies, will be the
Cascadia today: Cascadia prepares for hunger + water conflict in age of drought + a Vancouver cinema closes
Cascadia prepares for halt in food aid As the federal shutdown continues and Congress sits on its asses, Washington state announced it had secured temporary funds to keep distributing WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) food aid through November, Washington State Standard reports. Washington will not be able to issue SNAP
Cascadia today: WA cops shared data with ICE + increasing consultation with tribes + folk opera about York
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Cascadia today: Seattle cops get sweet deal + do states have sovereignty? + an interactive theater piece in Portland
Harrell gives Seattle cops get a sweet contract PubliCola reports that the city of Seattle and the union representing police officers, SPOG, agreed to a new contract through 2027 that gives officers a 42% pay raise over five years, bringing police officers' base salary to $126,000. The contract
Cascadia today: Court OKs Trump invasion + donate to food banks + new exhibit on Ursula LeGuin
Court rules Trump can federalize Guard OPB reports that the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling yesterday, overturned a lower court decision, and allows Donald Trump to federalize and possibly deploy about 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland. In its ruling, the
Cascadia today: Cascadia says "No Kings" + vote Katie Wilson + BC land defenders avoid jail
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It will take more than protests to fix this
Many of us will be returning to No Kings protests across Cascadia this weekend. It's the sequel to the June 14 rallies and marches that brought between 4 and 6 million people into the streets in 2,100 cities to demonstrate against Donald Trump's authoritarian regime.
Cascadia today: Many ICE detentions illegal + lawsuits resume over dams + how a nude beach inspired a dance piece
Hey there! I'm Andrew Engelson, a writer, journalist and activist based in Seattle. I love this bioregion I call home, whether it's exploring its mountains, meeting the creative people who live here, or fighting for the rights of its most vulnerable residents. Cascadia is many things,