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Awaiting Legislation
10:49 am
Thu April 11, 2013

Rallies For Immigration Reform From Seattle To DC

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Harumy Rojas (in pink) attended an immigration rally with her mother and other families in downtown Seattle.
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Alma Gutierrez of Tacoma leads the chants for immigration reform.
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Supporters of immigration reform gather at the Federal Building in Seattle.
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Supporters of immigration reform call the outside of the Federal Building in downtown Seattle their patio. That’s because they’ve gathered here so many times in the past decade to push for an overhaul to the country’s immigration system, including a path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million immigrants who are in  the US illegally.

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Expeditionary Art
9:18 am
Thu April 11, 2013

Bringing Art To Narwhal Research In The Arctic

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Maria Coryell-Martin uses art to help scientists communicate about their research in some of the most remote places on the planet.
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Two Seattle-based adventurers — one a scientist, the other an artist — are on an expedition to study and document narwhals in Arctic waters off the west coast of Greenland. 

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Toll Bridge Proposal
9:15 am
Thu April 11, 2013

Costly New Bridge Over Columbia River Spawns Ultimatum, Brinkmanship

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Originally published on Wed April 10, 2013 5:39 pm

OLYMPIA, Wash. - A costly new interstate highway bridge over the Columbia River is spurring brinkmanship in Olympia. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined Democratic Governor Jay Inslee Wednesday to press state lawmakers to commit hundreds of millions dollars to the proposed new toll bridge between Portland and Vancouver, Washington.

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Funding Education
9:09 am
Thu April 11, 2013

Washington House Democrats: Extend Taxes, End Tax Breaks To Fund Schools

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Originally published on Wed April 10, 2013 4:45 pm

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington House Democrats have unveiled a proposed two-year budget that looks a lot like Governor Jay Inslee’s. It would renew expiring tax hikes, close several tax exemptions and put the new money into public schools.

House Democrats would actually spend a tad more than the governor. But their approach is very similar. For example: extend an expiring tax on beer and end the sales tax exemption for bottled water and shoppers from sales tax free Oregon.

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Playing In Tune
7:47 am
Thu April 11, 2013

Seattle Inventor Finds Key To Solving Saxophone Discord

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University of Washington saxophone professor Michael Brockman is the inventor of the Broctave Key.
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There’s an old joke among saxophone players: The instrument, they say, comes from the factory out of tune.  Dr. Michael Brockman is a professor of saxophone at the University of Washington. He actually thinks the saxophone can be tuned, and he’s determined to do something about it. 

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