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Seattle housing, homelessness crisis would grow if Trump cuts HUD

March 27, 2025
The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development may close its local office following layoffs and grant freezes. Advocates anticipate a ripple effect. by Josh Cohen  March 14, 2025 Layoffs have begun…
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Can Spokane’s shelter network program help alleviate homelessness?

March 27, 2025
The new scattered-site model includes a system of smaller shelters, averaging 30 beds, connected to health services and drug treatment. by Mai Hoang  March 17, 2025  Anneke Calhoun moved to Spokane…
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ICE detains leader of farmworker union in northwest Washington state

March 27, 2025
By Eilís O’Neill and Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez March 26, 2025 / 11:52 am Farmworker activist and union leader Alfredo Juarez Zeferino, known in his community as “Lelo,” was taken into custody by…
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Dozens of Metra, CTA train, bus lines could be cut due to $770M budget hole: Transit officials

March 27, 2025
The Regional Transit Authority warned that COVID fund running out could lead to at least four of eight CTA train lines could close, as many as 74 of CTA’s 127…
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Suburban Chicago family pleads for ICE to release father, a local business owner

March 19, 2025
Abel Orozco Ortega was among 22 people from the Chicago area whose arrests by federal immigration agents violate a federal settlement, according to attorneys with the National Immigrant Justice Center…
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Disability advocates rally against proposed cap on in-home aides

March 19, 2025
Meghan Smith March 12, 2025 Hundreds of disability advocates gathered at the State House in Boston Wednesday for a rally to support the state program that provides caregivers to help…
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Here’s how a Pennsylvania school is setting students with autism, intellectual disabilities up for success

March 19, 2025
By Madeleine Wright Updated on: March 8, 2025 / 12:11 PM EST / CBS Philadelphia People with autism often face barriers to employment, but a private school in Middletown Township, Delaware County,…
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‘More than brick and mortar:’ DC begins removing ‘Black Lives Matter’ plaza near the White House

March 19, 2025
By ASHRAF KHALIL and JACQUELYN MARTIN Updated 4:57 PM CDT, March 10, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Starlette Thomas remembers coming down almost daily to the intersection of 16th and H streets, to protest…
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Colorado Continues to Protect, Expand Abortion Access

March 19, 2025
by Heidi Beedle posted on March 6, 2025 Beginning on January 1, 2026, Colorado employee health insurance plans will cover abortion care and require the Department of Health Care Policy…
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US Supreme Court will take up Colorado case as it weighs state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children

March 19, 2025
The conservative-led court is taking up the case amid actions by President Donald Trump targeting transgender people, including a ban on military service and an end to federal funding for gender-affirming care…
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