the total doesn’t seem to include any prior arrangements made, logistics, the cost of security, food, fuel and whatever else … taxpayer $$
Washington ~ Gov. Inslee in the Newsroom
Washington will soon become the fifth state in the U.S. to offer a paid family and medical leave program for workers. It’s arguably the most forward-thinking paid family leave program in the nation.- Gov. Jay Inslee recently signed a bill to restructure how the state serves at-risk children and youth by creating the Department of Children, Youth and Families. It will be led by Ross Hunter, director of the state’s Department of Early Learning.
- Washington recently ranked as the No.1 to do business, according to an annual CNBC study. The state leads in economic growth, technological innovation, workforce and quality of life.
- Washington lawmakers have passed legislation to fully fund the state’s K-12 public schools. The agreement was signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee.
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National Monuments ~drilling,logging &mining ! Michael Brune ~ Sierra Club
The Trump Administration just released the largest rollback of National Monuments in US history:
- Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument,Oregon
- Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada
- Bears Ears National Monument, Utah
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
And he’s changing management for 6 MORE:
- Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine
- Northeast Canyons and Seamounts,Atlantic Ocean
- Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico
- Pacific Remote Islands National Monument, Pacific Ocean
- Rio Grande del Norte National Monument,New Mexico
- Rose Atoll National Monument, Pacific Ocean
Thank you for all that you do,
Michael Brune
Executive Director
Sierra Club
P.S. — If you’ve recently become a monthly donor, THANK YOU, we’re still processing gifts.
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in the pursuit of change … GUN REFORM
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
repost …
another day another shooting!!!
we need folks to push for Gun Reform
As more Americans watch, wait and wonder when Congress will take a stand on gun control, more say there is absolutely no reason a civilian should own or have access to an assault weapon. The fact is assault weapons; the standard infantry combat choice for most modern armies has no place in a civil society. Police already have trouble protecting and serving our communities against illegal (hand) guns, legislation that broadly regulates the firearms industry (ammunition) and firearms owners let alone automatic weapons solely made and meant to kill people quickly.
We have also been asking for some time now, at what point will our (rational, sane & educated) members of Congress, the firearm industry(ammunition) and gun owners stand up speak up or out over the current stalemate to move gun laws into the 21st Century. The NRA has clung on to power by holding an archaic law over the heads of Americans, as well as being a thorn in all our sides, spending millions lobbying for gun rights while controlling votes in Congress.
The Second Amendment, states: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Is it possible that this amendment is in dire need of a revaluation for the lives of our citizens in this 21st Century with all the new guns& weapons now available.
In 1994, Congress added a background check system to strengthen our existing laws to keep guns out of the hands of felons, drug abusers, and the mentally ill.
In 2004, Congress let the assault weapons ban expire. It is time to recognize and change the flaws in the background check system that have been exposed again and again over the years, in the massacres at Columbine, Virginia Tech, Arizona, Michigan, Washington state ,Colorado, Indiana, Portland, China, Chicago, Newtown CT,DC ,LAX airport, families all over this country, Young Black Males and some White males
If not now when, is a good question.
written 7/26/12
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BossFeed Briefing from Working Washington ~
BossFeed Briefing for December 4, 2017. Last Tuesday, the city of Spokane passed a fair chance employment ordinance, which bars private employers in the city from categorically rejecting job applicants because of a past criminal record.
Early Saturday morning, the Senate voted for a budget bill which would cut taxes on the rich, threaten Medicare and Social Security, and do a host of other things that people are still figuring out because the bill was passed just a few hours after it was released and some of the language was literally handwritten in the margins.
Yesterday the Seattle Times editorial board argued for a yet another new round of public benefits for Boeing.
And Wednesday is the 110th anniversary of the Monongah coal mine disaster, which killed 361 miners in the worst such disaster in US history.
Just write the check
Three things to know this week:
Thanks to a “glitch” in the company’s scheduling system, every pilot at American Airlines who requested vacation during the holiday season had that vacation approved. The union contract negotiated by the pilots bars the company from just canceling the previously-approved vacation, so instead the airline is desperately offering pay premiums to anyone willing to work in hopes of avoiding the potential cancelation of 15,000 flights.
Someone drove a bus directly through a picket line during a one-day strike by Seattle school bus drivers on Wednesday, forcing one person to jump up onto the hood to avoid injury. According to the Seattle Police Department, “it is not clear whether a crime has been committed.”
Working Washington is hosting its first ever online auction, where you can bid on unique items & experiences like a custom chef’s knife, your very own ice cream party, and more. Check out the preview here — and of course the proceeds go to support our statewide workers’ movement!
Two things to ask:
Who’s the boss? Two different people are making claims to be the rightful heir to the throne of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the federal agency tasked with protecting consumer rights in the financial industry. One of the dueling bosses, Leandra English, has spent years as Chief of Staff and then Deputy Director working to help the agency succeed; the other, Mick Mulvaney, has called the agency a fraud.
WTF? Sexual harassment cases are routinely dismissed by the courts if the conduct involved fails to meet the threshold of being “severe or pervasive”. Judges even reject many cases that involve physical contact and other egregious behavior.
And one thing that’s worth a closer look:
While the stock market continues to hit new highs, the returns on that capital go almost exclusively to the top 1%, who hold almost all of the stock and other capital wealth. It doesn’t have to be that way, argues Matt Bruenig of the People’s Policy Project in a New York Times opinion piece that makes the case for a different approach. Bruenig argues for the establishment of a “social wealth fund”: the federal government would create an investment fund, owned equally by all adults, and the returns on those investments would be paid out to everyone in a “universal basic dividend.” While more equitable ownership may seem like a far-away dream, the idea of a social wealth fund has a long history, and there are already numerous current examples of social wealth funds in the world, including one which provides an annual check to everyone who lives in Alaska, and one which supports social benefits for the people of Norway.
Read this far?
Consider yourself briefed, boss.
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