Adiel Kaplan
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Seattle, WA, United States
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Legislature paves way for more farm, forestland development
State Rep. Liz Pike was hard at work, baking cookies. Ninety-eight cookies to be precise — one for each member of the Washington House of Representatives. The homemade treats were part of her bid to pass a bill she had … Continue reading → → Read More
Lawmakers like the environment. Will they pay up?
Bipartisan. Unanimous. Two words not heard often in contemporary politics describe a pair of bills passed by a divided Washington Legislature to revitalize forests in the face of climate change and megafires that have killed firefighters and cost the state … Continue reading → → Read More
Carbon tax is down but don't count it out
Could 2017 be the year Washington emerges as the first state to tax emissions of a greenhouse gas? Barring some unusual turn of events as legislators finalize the state budget here, don’t count on it. But that assessment comes with … Continue reading → → Read More
If Canada ups its oil shipping, should we worry?
Every week, an oil tanker laden with a crude oil called dilbit makes the journey from Vancouver, B.C., to Tacoma, winding its way through the passages of the San Juan Islands to southern Puget Sound. If the dilbit aboard spills … Continue reading → → Read More
State is part of the problem on Puget Sound cleanup
President Donald Trump’s proposed $28 million cut of Puget Sound restoration funding has provoked an outcry. But Gov. Jay Inslee himself is proposing a $29 million cut to the program, which receives more of its money from the state than … Continue reading → → Read More
Another lost year for kids' health in Olympia
OLYMPIA — In the wake of the lead-poisoning water scandal in Flint, Michigan, and with 10 Washington children a week being diagnosed with dangerously elevated lead levels, Washington lawmakers this year proposed several measures to focus attention on the state’s … Continue reading → → Read More
Coffee with a mission: To get homeless kids back on their feet
Even in the well-caffeinated neighborhood of the University District, one new coffee bar stands apart from the others. Street Bean, which opened its doors this month, is a nonprofit that roasts and serves specialty coffee, but with a mission of helping … Continue reading → → Read More