What happens if Oregon's health measure 101 doesn't pass? Racial achievement gap growing in Seattle schools, environment bills flood WA legislature, challenging media stereotypes of Indigenous people, is Portland still Portlandia?, and poetry by Seattle's Rae Armantrout.
ICE seeks to deport Seattle immigration activist, rents drop slightly in Seattle, First Nations file suite against BC dam project, debating gun legislation in Olympia, Margaret Atwood wades into UBC harassment case, and Susan Robb will create public art addressing homelessness in Tacoma.
Salvadorans face deportation in WA, will Vancouver turn left after mayor Robertson?, Canadian agency played down disease in farmed BC salmon, WA law enforcement sell confiscated guns, Al Smith's photos document historic black Seattle, and a short story by Donna Miscolta.
Oregon debates cap and trade carbon bill, Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson won't seek re-election, judge rules Seattle police in compliance regarding use of force, Portland's secret gay history, a Kelowna, BC author on how to write wilderness, and "Lesson Plan," a poem by Kevin Craft.
Will Oregon voters continue Medicaid funding? King County pauses police force investigations, BC won't ban foreign real estate buyers, crossing the rural-urban divide with Nooksack valley farmers, "Black Experience," an immersive gallery show, and your anti-NIMBY poem of the day.
WA governor Inslee proposes carbon tax, Bundy family involved in armed OR standoff has case dismissed, should BC end homeowner subsidies?, raising funds for a Portland rock icon, Pacific NW book awards announced, and the tragic history of Canada's residential school system.
Cascadia states respond to Justice Department changes on legal weed, will Dems defend transit funding in the WA legislative session?, a new method for detecting disease in salmon, a play staged in Victoria based on murder of an Indigenous teen, and "Blue Monday," flash fiction by Kodiak Armstrong.
Trump wants to drill for oil off coast of Cascadia, how high rents are hurting Vancouver's independent businesses, BC court rules in favor of aboriginal rights in cross-border dispute, why you should be fascinated with corvids, and there's a wealth of gallery shows opening in Portland this month.
WA attorney general sues Motel 6 for release of data to ICE, feds revoke rule that allowed legal pot in Cascadia, how to fight British Columbia's Site C dam, Lindy West on why it's up to men to fix sexism, how Spokane is booming, and a poem, "A Few Preexisting Conditions," by Kevin Craft
Seattle and Portland pump cash into affordable housing, will BC pass $10-a-day childcare?, moving mountain goats from the Olympics to Cascades, Nikkita Oliver on Seattle's failed progressivism, Oregon health care initiative on ballot, and an interview with artist Michael Brophy.
