Archive for February, 2009

Politics Northwest | Children’s advocacy group marches on capital | Seattle Times Newspaper Blog

Politics Northwest | Children’s advocacy group marches on capital | Seattle Times Newspaper Blog.

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Politics Northwest | Gregoire asks that Legislature not put an end to DSHS | Seattle Times Newspaper Blog

Earlier, we published that the legislature is considering cutting DSHS in favor of 4 smaller organizations. Depending on the final outcome of the division, this could mean dealing with 4 agencies instead of one: one for children and family services, one for food stamps, one for Medicaid, one for mental health….. Frank Chopp also wants [...]

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WA lawmakers: Without tax increase, education at risk | Politics Video |

What do you think? Should we raise taxes to prevent cuts of education? Or is there another way to balance the budget? If we have to make cuts, who should get cut first? Check out King 5’s story above.

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Wallingford Politicos

Are you confused about which groups do what in Wallingford? You’re not alone. Thanks to our friends at Wallyhood Blog, we now have a handy little list of people in charge. Click on the links below to learn more about each, or check our BlogRoll to the right for more Wallingford links!

Wallingford Chamber of Commerce: [...]

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Obama vows to lead US from dire ‘day of reckoning’

 

What did you think of Obama’s State of the Union Address? Click on the photo above for the PI’s take on the speech. What implications might it have for FamilyWorks?

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Mercer Corridor’s Very Own Star Wars

Okay so FamilyWorks doesn’t serve South Lake Union, but this is just too good to pass up….

more about "Mercer Street and Star Wars", posted with vodpod

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Seattle Slideshows – Seattle People: The Faces of Phinney Ridge

Check out this Seattle Weekly Slideshow: FamilyWorks serves the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood!
 

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Stand Up for Washington Children and Families TODAY!

Legislation currently under consideration in Olympia could eliminate vital funds for Washington’s children and families. Please take this time to read a little about the legislation, then call your state senator and tell him how important keeping our children and families safe is to you! Click here! for more information.

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Washington to trash 65,000 WASL tests

Washington decided not to allow early WASL testing – to save money. Unfortunately, 65,000 WASL tests had already been printed by the time they made the decision. So all 65,000 of those tests have now been trashed. Yes, you read that right – TRASHED! (Unfortunately, the WASL itself was not trashed….) What? You like the [...]

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