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Cascadia today: Seattle hotel strike ends + feds still trying to force WA coal plant to pollute + sacred figure returned to Tsawwassen First Nation
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
Cascadia today: OR approves $120 million for wildfires + WA health plans to rise 22% + Seattle's Egyptian theater to reopen
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
Cascadia today: ICE flies 500 people out of Seattle + 21 candidates run for 3 PDX seats + WA sues feds over endangered species act
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
How an independent Cascadia would benefit tribes
Any movement toward autonomy and independence for Cascadia must include in its coalition tribes and Indigenous people.