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$500k grant marks small step toward a new future for Olympia brewery site
For generations, Olympia Brewing Co., in Tumwater, Washington, churned out bottles and cans of beer stamped with the brand’s famous slogan: “It’s the Water.” When it comes to reviving the company’s dilapidated former brewery site, it’s everything else that decades of industrial activity might have left behind that poses a problem. A new grant from…
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Service Members Are Struggling to Afford Housing. This Lawmaker Says She’s Working to Fix the Problem.
Military.com | Service Members Are Struggling to Afford Housing. This Lawmaker Says She’s Working to Fix the Problem. By Rebecca Kheel Updating the formula for housing allowances, making sure troops get a full stipend, and building more housing on bases: Those are a few of the ways a member of the House Armed Services Committee…
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Nichols’ death triggers another push for legislation to rein in police misconduct
NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Rep. Marilyn Strickland — the Congressional Black Caucus’s whip — about police reform in the wake of Tyre Nichols’s death. LEILA FADEL, HOST: The video of Tyre Nichols being punched and kicked by policemen as he lay on the ground, a beating that would lead to his death, has triggered…
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Marilyn Strickland Elected Whip of The Congressional Black Caucus
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland was recently elected as the Congressional Black Caucus’ (CBC) Whip for the upcoming Congressional session. Strickland represents Washington state’s 10th Congressional District, which includes Pierce County, Thurston County and parts of Mason County, is the first African American to represent Washington State at the federal level, and one of the first Korean…
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Quixote Communities and Olympia Community Solar Announce Quixote Village Solar Project
Quixote communities and Olympia Community Solar are excited to announce a partnership for the Quixote Village Solar Project. Construction began on the 27th of June 2022, and consists of installing solar arrays across Quixote Village’s 30 tiny homes and community building to generate renewable energy. As an integral community resource for the unhoused in Olympia, Quixote Village is…
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Democrats Propose Travel Grants for Those Seeking Out-of-State Abortions
Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill that would provide grants for those who need to travel out of state for an abortion. The Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act is the latest endeavor by Democrats to mitigate the impact of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Last week, the House passed legislation to safeguard the right to travel across…
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Strickland Introduces Legislation To Help HBCUs Become Top Tier Research Institutions
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland along with several other congressional advocates are betting their political capital on the brilliant minds that attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU), as they have introduced the ‘‘HBCU Research, Innovation, Security, and Excellence Act’’ (RISE Act) which will bring federal dollars in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to HBCUs. According to…
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Strickland Demands SBA To Be Accountable For Disaster Loans
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) along with 70 of her colleagues, including three Republicans, recently sent a bipartisan letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) demanding accountability on how they have been processing Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications. The EIDL is a $1 trillion federal small business loan program that supports small businesses recovery from…
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Hot seat: Strickland defends Democrats’ work on gun control
Washington state’s newest member of Congress says the best way to pass federal gun control legislation is for voters to turn out and elect more Democrats this November. U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Tacoma, made those comments to Axios two days after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers. Driving the news: During an interview…
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Strickland Introduces Legislation To Increase Military Access To Affordable Housing
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), who serves on the House Committee on Armed Services, recently introduced a package of legislative bills to help improve access to housing and affordability for our men and women in the armed services. The bill package, Ensuring Every Servicemember Has a Home, contains four separate but connected bills – the Basic Allowance…