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Portland Business News

República restaurateur reflects on rapid expansion, capital and city politics
Author: Malia Spencer
Since launching fine dining restaurant República in 2020, the hospitality group that emerged from it has expanded rapidly.

NYT Politics

Alabama Democrat Wins Special Election Running on Abortion and IVF Access
Author: Maggie Astor
Marilyn Lands flipped a State House seat in the deep-red state by 25 percentage points, underscoring the continued political potency of reproductive rights.
Democrat Running on Abortion and I.V.F. Access Wins Special Election in Alabama
Author: Maggie Astor
Marilyn Lands flipped a State House seat in the deep-red state by 25 percentage points, underscoring the continued political potency of reproductive rights.

The Stand (Washington Labor News)

SPEEA wins reinstatement for 7 Boeing pilots in labor case
Author: David Groves

The following is from SPEEA, IFPTE Local 2001: SEATTLE (March 27, 2024) — The Boeing Company violated federal labor law by retaliating against seven of its instructor pilots who had engaged in union activity, a federal administrative law judge ruled. “I find that Boeing was motivated by anti-union animus and was punishing its (Flight Training […]

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Seattle Times Politics

WA passes bill to protect libraries, as other states target them
Author: David Gutman

After a library in rural Dayton nearly became the first in the nation to shut down due to a book-ban fight, the new law would make such efforts more difficult.
Coming about! What it means that Bob Ferguson just tacked right on cops
Author: Danny Westneat

The moves by the leading Democrat for governor are revealing about the politics of the moment. But in a time of polarized purity, does straddling still work?

DemocracyNow!

"We Don't Need More Detention Centers, More Border Patrol": Fernando García on SB4 & New Spending Law
Author: webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)

An immigration battle continues on the border between Texas and Mexico, as Texas’s state government increases its militarization of the region, deploying hundreds of National Guard troops and constructing new infrastructure on the border. Meanwhile, a new federal spending bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden has increased funding for ICE and CBP, and state and federal courts have been wrangling over the legality of SB4, a new Texas state law that gives local police sweeping powers to arrest and deport anyone they suspect has entered the United States without authorization. We hear more from Fernando García, founder and executive director of the Border Network for Human Rights, in El Paso. García says the influx of special forces with “no training with how to deal with a civilian population,” alongside the “show me your papers’’ atmosphere created by SB4, is increasing the daily violence faced by Latinx residents on the U.S. side of the border, all while “illegally impeding” the right to seek asylum by those in “desperate” straits on the Mexico side. Instead of capitulating to anti-immigrant politicians, he continues, “We needed for the federal government to stop Texas, stop the governor” from targeting “Latinos, people of color, migrants and people looking for asylum, for protection.”

Baltimore Key Bridge Collapses, Killing Six Immigrant Workers Who Had No Access to Emergency Warnings
Author: webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)

Six people are missing and presumed dead after a 984-foot cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the bridge’s collapse early Tuesday morning. All six have been identified as immigrant construction workers originally hailing from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Maryland Governor Wes Moore said the crew on the ship was able to issue an emergency mayday call before colliding with the bridge, which allowed authorities to stop incoming traffic and prevent more casualties. However, reports say the workers already on the bridge were not given similar warnings. “The question we should be asking about is why the folks on that bridge … had no direct line to emergency dispatch when they are clearly working in a potentially hazardous environment,” says journalist Maximillian Alvarez, the editor-in-chief of the Baltimore-based organization The Real News Network, who has been closely following the story and how it has affected immigrant and working-class communities. “What does this story actually show us? That immigrants are filling our potholes at night so that we can have a smooth drive to work in the morning,” Alvarez says. “I hope people can see this and see the humanity in us.”

Meet Eva Burch, Arizona State Senator Fighting Abortion Bans by Sharing Her Plan to Have an Abortion
Author: webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)

Democratic Arizona state Senator Eva Burch made headlines last week after speaking on the floor of the state Senate about her plans to obtain an abortion after receiving news that her pregnancy was nonviable. Arizona has banned all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. “I felt like it was really important for me to bring people along, so that people could really see what this looks like,” says Burch, a former nurse practitioner who worked at a women’s health clinic before running for office, about why she decided to publicly tell her story. “I wanted to pull people into the conversation so we can be more honest about what abortion care looks like” and “hopefully move the needle in the right direction,” she adds.

Washington State News

Zach Edey, Purdue renew acquaintances with Gonzaga
(Photo credit: Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports) DETROIT -- Purdue and Gonzaga don't play in the same conference, and their campuses are nearly 2,000 miles apart. When the teams tip off against each other in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night, they'll still be familiar foes. The Boilermakers and Bulldogs have faced each other during the regular season for two consecutive seasons. The stakes will be much h

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