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Pierce County Aging and Disability Resources offer workshops in November

“Social Security Retirement 2021” and “Bringing Parents Home” being presented…

Image credit: Political cartoon, printed in Votes for Women, Volume 1 #4, March 1910, page 1, published by the Washington Equal Rights Suffrage Association, Seattle, Washington, continued under the title New Citizen. The cartoon shows five placing votes in a ballot box, while a bind-folded woman justice symbol presides and a police officer wields a club to prevent four women and a young girl from voting. Represents the idea of voters who may be blind to inequality and voter suppression. Collection of Washington State Historical Society, catalog ID 2000.104.38.2.1.

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On the eve of the elections, learn about the 19th Amendment at Washington State History Museum’s “Votes for Women: 100 Years and Counting”

This long-awaited exhibition opened at last on October 24, 2020…

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But other than that, what did you think?

As I attempted to watch yet another mind-numbing, insulting and misleading political debate…

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The 2020 Student Mock Election is open for all Washington K-12 students

The Office of the Secretary of State’s 2020 Student Mock Election is open until Nov. 3.

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The Office of the Secretary of State encourages voters to start preparing for the Nov. 3 General Election

National Voter Education Week is Oct. 5-9, a good time to get ready for the Nov. 3 General…

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2020 so far

2020, as we all know all too well, is a year that defies any description…

Why Residential Real Estate Is Becoming More Attractive In the Suburbs

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Why Residential Real Estate Is Becoming More Attractive In the Suburbs

A housing shift is occurring as some people are trading urban areas for the suburbs or rural places.

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FEMA Response Update: Sally and Western Wildfires

FEMA continues to support states impacted by Hurricane Sally and wildfires…

In the Spirit festival, image courtesy Washington State Historical Society

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IN THE SPIRIT Northwest Native Festival will go virtual for 2020

The annual IN THE SPIRIT Virtual Arts Market and Northwest Native Festival…

Stuti Dahal, senior at Auburn Mountainview High School, Auburn, Wash. She is the recipient of two Museum 2020 scholarships: for flight training and post-secondary education. Photo courtesy The Museum of Flight.

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Museum Awards 14 Post-Secondary Scholarships to Washington State Teens

The Museum of Flight’s Boeing Academy for STEM Learning awarded $217,000 in scholarships…

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Historians in Washington receive prestigious recognition

Tacoma, WA - Each year, the Washington State Historical Society (WSHS) recognizes excellence in advancing the field of…

June 30, 2011: Aerial view of Grand Coulee Dam releasing downstream an unusually large and late spring time water flows of over 200,000 cfs. Broken out, it’s 33,800 cfs, over the spillway and 167,000 cfs through the hydropower generators. Image courtesy Bureau of Reclamation

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Third Power Plant at Grand Coulee Renamed After Father-Son Hydropower Pioneers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On August 12, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced the Third Power…

Running the government like a business?

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Running the government like a business?

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