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||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. LEKANOFF ||| We’re over 25% of the way through the legislative session. Today is policy committee cutoff, which is the first big deadline of this legislative session. Today, all bills that will be further considered will have already passed out of their policy committee and will advance to a fiscal committee
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| A new research study by the Center for Whale Research (CWR) and the United Kingdom universities of Exeter, York, and Cambridge has shown that “providing care to weaned sons reduces female killer whales’ reproductive output.” In other words, caring for a son lessens a mother’s annual breeding success (a
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES || During my second year as the head of Washington State Ferries I was focused on service restoration and workforce development. 2022 was a year of rebuilding – our ferry service, our new flagship terminal, our workforce and investments to our fleet. In March 2022, we had
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| In 1968, when I was about six years old, on a wintry Christmas Eve, my father was driving my five siblings and me home from an adventure in the City of Detroit. He was a doctor at Detroit Memorial Hospital. And, to cheer up some of
||| FROM 48NORTH.COM ||| She was surrounded by women. They all sat on the bench at the front of the community hall in the center of Paulatuk in the Inuvik region of Canada’s Northwest Territories. She looked me in the eyes, pausing to take another drag of her cigarette. Her expression was wrinkled into a
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I love to hear people's points of view. Especially the thoughts of my oldest sibling, Jack. I am the fifth of five, born 11 years after my closest sibling. Jack was 15 when I came along, which means he was 18 when I was three. We
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Right now the kittens are trying to separate the blinds in my room from their moorings. They climb up the inside of the curtains (usually one at the time, but occasionally together which means I can’t bear to watch) then hang onto the curtain with three clawed feet
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I will always think of fancy-looking, amazing-tasting peas when I think of Marcia Spees. Her garden was one of many on the garden tour years ago, and I'll never forget that she let our boys pick her peas to their hearts' content because they were drawn
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Vulnerability opens doors in people's hearts. Raw, brave sharing is inspirational and powerful. It lifts, encourages, and builds all those who are on the receiving end, and the sender soon hears how supported and how very un-alone they actually are. It's a win-win. (In contrast, remaining
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Tuesday, November 8, is Election Day Next Tuesday, Nov. 8, is Election Day in Washington state. Voters may register or update their information in-person, and vote in-person, until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Mailed ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 8 or prior, and ballots may