Tuesday, March 25, 2025 The Associated Press is reporting more than $1 billion in grants supporting the health of sexual minorities has been canceled by the Trump administration. The AP reports that last week, at least $1.36 million in future support has been canceled. Read the AP report here.
It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research. Monday, March 24, 2025A ProPublica Storyby Annie Waldman and Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our…
Monday, March 24, 2025by Jeff Noedel “Bill 7,” a bill filed in the British Columbian provincial legislature known as the “Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act,” could impose a tariff on goods shipped on British Columbia highways between Washington and Alaska. That’s just one of many ways the bill — if passed into law — could…
Monday, March 24, 2025 If you’ve driven on I-5 near Bellingham, you might have noticed fewer British Columbia license plates. Canadian national broadcaster CBC News is reporting that 500,000 fewer Canadians traveled into the U.S. in February. BCB attributes the drop to “The data shows there was a sudden reversal in February, just as U.S….
Monday, March 17, 2025Reported by Albert JamesCover photo credit: TVW Following is a production of the Washington State University (WSU) Olympia News Bureau, run by the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication News Fellowship Program. This is a report by WSU Murrow Fellowship video journalist Albert James.
U.S. pauses Columbia River water-sharing negotiations with Canada amid Trump threats Canada controls the flow of the Northwest’s largest river from its headwaters in British Columbia, ensuring enough water is sent downstream to meet U.S. hydropower needs Monday, March 17, 2025FROM THE OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLEby Alex Baumhardt The nations were trying to finalize updates to…
Wednesday, March 5, 2025by Jeff Noedelphotos by Norris Palmer Gray skies and late-winter drizzle did nothing to dampen the activist energy of approximately 75 citizens who assembled on the San Juan County Courthouse lawn at noon on Tuesday. Similar protests drew hundreds in Mount Vernon and Bellingham, as well. The 50501 Movement (“50 states, 50…
“Public input from the San Juan Islands… could be more efficiently accomplished through other means“ Sunday, March 2, 2025By Jeff Noedel U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has terminated the San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory Committee (MAC). It had been operated by the Bureau of Land Management, which is part of the Interior…
Monday, February 17, 2025SanJuans.Today UPDATED AT 10:35 a.m.: SanJuans.Today has learned that the organizers of today’s #50501 “Not My President’s Day” protest was not properly permitted to be held on the Capitol campus. It is possible that if it’s a large group, it may be dispersed by the Washington State Patrol. Either way, SanJuans.Today will…
Sunday, February 16, 2025by Jeff Noedel Tech gods willing, sometime in the noon hour Monday, SanJuans.Today will livestream a portion of the “Not My President’s Day” protest on the state capitol grounds in Olympia. And if there’s a counter-protest at the same time and the same site, we’ll cover that, too. This is nonpartisan coverage…
Friday, February 7, 2025FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE STANDARDby Jake Goldstein-Street Washington was in line to receive $71 million for chargers along I-5 and other roads. But the U.S. Department of Transportation says it will revamp the program. WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD, Olympia–The Trump administration on Thursday told states it was blocking money for electric vehicle chargers,…
Wednesday, February 5, 2025FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE STANDARDby Jake Goldstein-Street WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD, Olympia–Washington was locked out of about $150 million in federal funding for solar projects focused on low-income communities last week as the Trump administration paused clean energy grants. Last April, the federal Environmental Protection Agency awarded $7 billion to 60 recipients, including $156 million…
Friday, January 31, 2025 FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE SAN JUAN COUNTY, WA SHERIFF’S OFFICE San Juan County Sheriff’s Office Reaffirms Commitment to Public Safety and Adherence to RCW 10.93.160 Immigration and citizenship status—Law enforcement agency restrictions. San Juan County, WA – The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office (SJCSO) continues to prioritize public…
Thursday, January 23, 2025FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE STANDARDby Jake Goldstein-Street A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour’s ruling in a case brought by Washington and three other states is the first in what is sure to be a long…
by Tom Banse, contributor to The Salish CurrentOriginally published in The Salish Current on January 3, 2025 Western Washington refineries brought in more oil by tanker from Canada after an expanded export terminal opened in May near Vancouver Washington state oil refineries are taking advantage of a newly expanded tanker terminal just across the border…
