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Senate, House NDAAs address Confederate military names
Roll Call: Senate, House NDAAs address Confederate military names By: John M. Donnelly Defense bill again raises issues of how to remember racially charges history The Trump administration has undone a 2022 congressionally chartered commission’s renaming of military bases and ships that had for years celebrated the Confederacy, but as of this week both the…
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Fort Who? Republicans join House Dems to bar Hegseth’s military base name changes
USA Today | Fort Who? Republicans join House Dems to bar Hegseth’s military base name changes By: Cybele Mayes-Osterman and Davis Winkie Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth restored the names of Fort Benning and Fort Bragg, which were originally named for Confederate generals. A House committee attempted to ban Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from using official funds to change…
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Strickland On KOMO Connect to Congress: Cooling Down Our Communities
Strickland on KOMO Connect to Congress: Cooling Down Our Communities
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WA Congress members demand feds release $137M in school funds: ‘Unacceptable’
The News Tribune: WA Congress members demand feds release $137M in school funds: ‘Unacceptable’ By: Simone Carter Washington Democratic Congress members are demanding answers after the Trump administration froze billions of dollars of education funding nationwide, including nearly $137 million meant for the Evergreen State’s public schools. U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland led her colleagues in…
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Washington’s only Army museum is at risk of closure. Now the ‘battle is on’ to save it
The Olympian | Washington’s only Army museum is at risk of closure. Now the ‘battle is on’ to save it By: Simone Carter Army-green tanks stand at attention outside the Lewis Army Museum next to Interstate 5 near DuPont. On display inside the Swiss Chalet-style building: decades-old shoe polish, pocketbook-sized paperbacks, soldiers’ diaries and handwritten…
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Sick Vets and Hungry Kids: One House Rep. Slams Trump’s ‘Ugly’ Bill
Word in Black: Sick Vets and Hungry Kids: One House Rep. Slams Trump’s ‘Ugly’ Bill By: Jennifer Porter Gore Rep. Marilyn Strickland tells how the Big Beautiful Bill will crush many social programs that support Black Americans. When she considers the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” that the House could send to President Donald Trump’s…
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Food lockers installed to help combat food insecurity at Bates Technical College
GoodRoots Northwest installed the lockers at the start of the year. Bates is now the first college campus on the West Coast to have climate-controlled food lockers. KING 5: Food lockers installed to help combat food insecurity at Bates Technical College By: Conner Board TACOMA, Wash — Thousands of people in Pierce County struggle to…
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Lawmakers decry DHS secretary’s push to slash Coast Guard infrastructure budget by 90%
Stars and Stripes | Lawmakers decry DHS secretary’s push to slash Coast Guard infrastructure budget by 90% By: Caitlyn Burchett WASHINGTON — Kristi Noem, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, wants to slash the Coast Guard’s shore infrastructure budget by 90%, a move that some lawmakers said would push the service’s housing, facilities…
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Loss of USGS program could hamper salmon research critical for Puget Sound
KNKX: Loss of USGS program could hamper salmon research critical for Puget Sound By: Bellamy Pailthorp About 1,200 scientists work in the biological arm of the United States Geological Survey, known as the Ecosystems Mission Area. President Trump’s budget would likely eliminate their work nationwide, if passed as proposed. That includes some work that is…
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Legislation to Address Military Housing Affordability
Comcast Newsmakers: Legislation to Address Military Housing Affordability with Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash U.S. service members who live in privatized on- or off-base military housing are eligible to receive an allowance that covers most — but not all — housing costs. This gap often causes a financial strain for active-duty military. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash.,…