The Low Income Housing Institute celebrated 20 years of providing housing and services to the community with its 9th annual gala and auction at the Hyatt at Olive 8 in […]
Class assignment becomes book for dad of adopted Chinese girl
By Katie Lovett The Gloucester Daily Times GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A burly court officer at Newburyport District Court, Mick Verga of Gloucester interacts with prisoners all day and keeps […]
After a rough presidency, Arroyo fights to stay free
By Hrvoje Hranjski The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — With a sense of entitlement and a life of privilege familiar to a scion of the political elite, former President […]
Future cancers from Fukushima may be hidden
By Malcolm Ritter and Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may […]
Thanksgiving … Asian-fied! (a round-up of blog posts and newspaper stories)
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Creating content around Thanksgiving for an Pan-Asian newspaper is unexpectedly difficult. After all, there’s only so many times we can run the same old, […]
USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2012 H-1B Cap
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2012. […]
OPINION: Sen. Shin supports governor’s sales tax proposal
Sen. Paull Shin is supporting Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposal to ask the voters to increase the state sales tax in order to offset the drastic cuts that would be necessary […]
International Special Review District election results
The annual election for the International Special Review District Board was held on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Three positions were up for election this year. The results are as follows: Joann […]
Report released about how budget cuts are increasing racial disparities
Today, Washington Community Action Network (Washington CAN) released a report titled, “Facing Race: How Budget Cuts are Increasing Racial Disparities.” Community members, faith leaders, and members of the state legislature […]
EDITORIAL: For Thanksgiving, maybe give your relatives (and Obama) a bit of a break?
For some, the holidays are a wonderful time to visit friends and make familial bonds stronger. For others, the holidays can be a minefield full of hurt feelings and contentious […]