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The Washington State Department of Commerce is partnering with ArtsFund to provide over $10 million in grants to help community organizations across the state that have been impacted by the pandemic. The Nonprofit Community Relief grant application portal opens Monday, May 10 for eligible Washington state organizations
The grant program focuses on arts, culture, science and heritage nonprofits, as well as organizations whose primary mission is to serve veterans, neighborhood organizations and sports and recreation programs for adults and/or children.
Eligible organizations must have 501(c)(3) status, or fiscal sponsorship by a 501(c)(3), with appropriate documentation since their 2019 fiscal year. Additionally, organizations must have operating budgets of at least $25,000.
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May 7, 2021 6:48 PM Elenee Dao
SPOKANE, Wash. Child care is about to cost some families less, especially helping women who have been feeling the effects of the pandemic.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the pandemic is hurting women’s employment. Many women are being pushed out of the workforce, having to stay home with kids during the pandemic.
While Kayla Wambold was not laid off from her job, she was able to find child care. Her sister is watching her children and is getting paid by the state to do it through the Friends, Family and Neighbors program. Wambold still has to pay a co-payment, working through the Department of Children, Youth and Families.
In Washington politics, is it really Seattle’s state now?
Right-wing and wealthy interests have long whipped up anti-Seattle sentiments and used them to their advantage. Now, they may be losing their grip.
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House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, left, and Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig, D-Spokane, take part in the AP Legislative Preview, Jan. 9, 2020, at the Capitol in Olympia. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
The Washington state Legislature wrapped up an eventful session last week, passing a raft of major legislation on everything from climate change and child care to policing and progressive taxation. Just how major are these accomplishments, and what do they portend for Washington state politics?
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The Washington Legislature passed Senate Bill 5126, the Climate Commitment Act, on April 24, 2021, which establishes a greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-invest program for utilities, industrial facilities, and other operations with greater than 25,000 metric tons of emissions. Covered entities will be subject to a statewide emissions cap that decreases over time to match the state’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. Under the Climate Commitment Act, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) will seek to link the cap-and-invest program’s market for emissions allowances and offsets with California’s cap-and-trade program. Revenue from Washington’s program is intended to fund emissions reduction projects, emphasizing projects in communities overburdened by the impacts of climate change and air pollution.
Tacoma bans use of fossil fuels in new city buildings. Are commercial, residential next?
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 4 hrs ago Allison Needles, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Apr. 22 Tacoma is prohibiting all new city-owned buildings from using natural gas and other fossil fuels energy sources for heating, lighting and power and will explore a similar rule for new residential and commercial buildings.
Tacoma City Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that requires new city-owned buildings, and buildings undergoing major renovations, to use low-carbon fuels such as biodiesel, renewable diesel, renewable natural gas or electricity.
The new policy will become effective Jan. 1, 2022.