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Tag Archives: Washington
the Other Washington … news (November)
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$15 minimum wage passes in SeaTac, but recount coming
Microsoft to chip in $33M for pedestrian bridgeons at flagship McDonald’s
CITY COUNCIL GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO RIDE-SHARING COMPANIES
CONSTRUCTION ON SEAWALL SETS FOUNDATION FOR NEW WATERFRONT
Senate win may help Republicans for years to come
King County plans to reduce its snowplowing
** Get Your Youth Sport Athlete checked
.** Gov.Inslee stated: We have unfinished business on transportation, and I need your help. While we did some good things last legislative session, I was disappointed that the legislature finished without passing a much-needed transportation package.
WA State may implement tolling booth on the I90 V a Gas Tax … most choose gas tax
** Petition | SAVE the UW Nurse Midwifery Education Program …
** Petition | University of Washington Officials and Admissions …
** More delays, more dead fish at Buckley dam
** EPA Sues Lynden Farm
** Diver sheds light on Puget Sound’s underwater trash
** U.S. envoy says no guarantee North Korea will free Lynnwood man mom will visit with son 10/11
** Apartment shares on the rise as Seattle rents soar
** Feds: King County jail proposal would free hardened criminals
** Progressive Radio NW ~ http://www.nwprogressive.org
** Weak regulation fosters more abuse
The state allows hundreds of doctors, counselors, others to keep practicing despite their sexual misconduct.
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The Washington State Dept. & The NAACP… the Other Washington
NAACP: State needs to fire biggest viaduct contractor
by SUSANNAH FRAME / KING 5 News
Posted on November 7, 2013 at 10:27pm
The NAACP is calling on the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to take drastic action and terminate a $1.4 billion contract with its biggest contractor on the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project.
The civil rights organization is making the demand after a U.S. Department of Transportation investigation found the contractor, Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP), has violated federal regulations by intentionally cutting small, struggling businesses out of work on the project.
“The Washington State Department of Transportation as well as the leadership of this state needs to terminate the contract with STP because their history has been egregious, it’s been documented … At what point is enough enough?” said Gerald Hankerson, president of NAACP’s Alaska Washington Oregon State Area Conference. “We can no longer trust them.”
The KING 5 Investigators were the first to expose that STP was failing miserably on the tunnel project in terms of meeting federal requirements to hire disadvantaged businesses.
Because the project is partly funded with federal dollars, the STP contract came with a string attached: 8 percent of the work, $91 million worth, was to go to small, struggling businesses in the area. But public records obtained by KING show only $7 million, less that 1 percent of the contract value, has been paid to small contractors so far.
On Thursday Washington Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson said a special investigator is helping WSDOT decide what to do with STP.
“We will take whatever steps are necessary based on his recommendations (including termination of the contract). All options are on the table, but we’re reviewing our options, looking at the contract and seeing what applies,” said Peterson.
The U.S. DOT report out last week found STP created “artificial barriers” and “hardships” on small businesses and gave the work to much bigger companies instead. The federal agency also found WSDOT was “hands-off” when they knew what was happening and “failed to intervene.”
“This is a solid piece of evidence that this is happening in Washington state and the concern is this is what’s happening across the country,” said Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Sr. Director of NAACP Economic Department.
The U.S. DOT says if WSDOT doesn’t fix the problems with STP, the state could lose federal funds for highway projects.
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Imagine that complications from your pregnancy put your health at risk and when you arrive at the hospital you suddenly find out that they can refuse to help you. This horrific reality has happened to many women, and it will happen again. If your local hospital is religiously affiliated — or if it employs doctors or nurses who have religious objections to providing needed medical care — it could even happen to you. Tell the Department of Health: Women in Washington deserve better. Within the next two years, more than 50 percent of hospital admissions in Washington may be to Catholic institutions that restrict patient access to medication and procedures. These religiously affiliated hospitals allow religious doctrine, rather than proven medical best practices, to dictate the kind of care and procedures pregnant women and patients can receive. In these hospitals, patient care and medical standards often run a distant second to religious doctrine. As a result, women’s health can suffer, and lives can be at risk and all the while women continue to seek care at these hospitals with no idea. You can change this. The Washington Department of Health is asking for comments on proposed changes to hospital disclosure policies. Many women seeking care at these hospitals may not realize that the hospitals deny care for women and patients in emergency situations, including:
This is a growing problem in Washington. Women cannot wait until they are in dire need of services to be informed of their care. Please take action right now — the comment period closes at midnight on November 26. Thanks for keeping it personal, Thao Nguyen |
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3.1 Million Jobs
Republicans Keeping Millions of Americans Unemployed
The GOP’s austerity spending cuts and strategy of government-by-crisis are hurting the economy in a real and tangible way. As the infographic below explains, Republicans and the policies they support have killed or put at risk 3.1 MILLION jobs since 2010.
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