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Flickr Creative Commons A lawsuit filed by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice challenges the constitutionality of North Carolinas 2018 photo ID law. Paul Kearney is 71 and has lived in Warrenton, N.C., on his family farm all his life. "Its been in the family for three generations," Kearney said while testifying during the first week of the trial over North Carolinas latest law requiring voters to present a photo ID at the polls. Kearney, who is Black, testified in court last week that h...

Credit Flickr Creative Commons The city of Wichita plans to reopen most of its pools and splash pads on Memorial Day Weekend. Both were shut down last year due to the pandemic. “Cannot wait until we’re actually open this summer and to see kids in here playing having fun,” Brian Hill,  aquatics manager for the city, said during a news conference in front of Evergreen Parks news splash pad. “Families coming together to enjoy one of these great amenities around town.” In 2019, the Wich...

New bill could guarantee attorneys for low-income tenants getting evicted Washington state could soon be the first in the country now to guarantee attorneys for low income tenants who are getting evicted, reports the Seattle Times. A bill is expected to pass this legislative session and it would provide lawyers to tenants who can’t afford legal help or have incomes below the federal poverty level. As a result of this, the state is scrambling to hire attorneys before the eviction moratorium is...

Seattle officially changes neighborhood name from Lower Queen Anne to Uptown Seattle City Council passed a resolution Monday, officially recognizing the neighborhood previously known as Lower Queen Anne as Uptown. The Uptown area houses Seattle Center, Climate Pledge Arena, SIFF Cinema, and a collection of neighborhood bars and restaurants. A coalition of businesses sought to end confusion over labeling of the neighborhood, which can often vary depending on who you ask. “Even though Uptown is...

A new bill takes effect Monday in Ohio, allowing alcohol home deliveries. The bill comes as many bars continue to struggle with sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sign up for our Newsletters Gov. Mike DeWine signed the bill into law in January, removing some liquor sales provisions. House Bill 674 includes several changes to the state’s liquor laws in an attempt to help the hard-hit restaurant and bar industry during the coronavirus pandemic....

Coalition calls on state AG to investigate 183 police officers with compromised credibility The Washington Black Lives Matter Alliance (WBLMA) issued a letter to state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Thursday, calling on him to open an investigation into 183 police officers who they say have “compromised credibility.” This came in the wake of a report released Thursday morning by Crosscut’s Melissa Santos, which detailed the Washington police officers who ...

Over the last year, housing prices in Seattle and the greater Puget Sound area have skyrocketed. What can be done to manage that? Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner believes that the solution may lie in ending single-family zoning once and for all. As Gardner points out, roughly 70% of Seattle is zoned for single-family homes, restricting the construction of larger, dense housing options, like duplexes, triplexes, or apartments. “That doesn’t make any sense — we need to reconsider...

Awkwardly asking to speak to the right person during a call Teenage years can be awkward enough — calling a crush at their house and having to converse with their parents before you could speak to them just exacerbated things. These days most teens already have their own phones, and (lets be real) likely text instead of calling, anyways. Running out of blank disks Back in the day, a "cloud" was just something in the sky, and we needed a stash of floppy disks to save our files. Things improved...

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Are Bahamas’ Tiny Islands Ready For Hundreds of Cruise Visitors? Published 3 weeks ago en masse. So it is little surprise that the announcement of all-Bahamas cruises aboard Crystal Serenity — with stops at islands where the population isn’t much larger than the passenger complement — is generating some controversy. Beginning July 3, luxury line Crystal Cruises’ Serenity will offer a 16-week program of seven-night Bahamas voyages, with a choice to sail roundtrip from Nassau or Bim...