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Campaign for Student Success: Fighting for education dollars and equity

March 30, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Arlene Kiyomi Dennistoun Northwest Asian Weekly   On March 27, Washington House Democrats unveiled a $44.6 billion plan which would include a new funding formula to fully fund education in Washington as mandated by the state supreme court in the 2012 McCleary case. McCleary was the “catalyst” for the “Campaign for Student Success.” Tony […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2017, DANIEL ZAVALA, STUDENT SUCCESS, Tony Lee, VOL 36 NO 14 | APRIL 1 - APRIL 7

Beyond McCleary — Education opportunity: Equal but Unequal? Legislators tackling student-achievement gap

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alice Day WNPA Olympia News Bureau Advocates for minority and low-income students are urging legislators to take a closer look at the state’s McCleary obligation to ensure that all students are given equal and ample opportunity to achieve in school. One bill would require state agencies to assess the potential negative impacts of education […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, African American Black, American Indian Alaska Native, English Language Learners Accountability Task Force, HB, House Bill, House Education Committee Chair Rep, King County Asian Pacific Islander Coalition, Lillian Ortiz-Self, Native Hawaiian, Pramila Jayapal, Senate Bill, Sharon Tomiko Santos, Solid Ground, Tony Lee, Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

Gala supports refugee women

October 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Refugee Women’s Alliance fundraising dinner was on Sept. 20 at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel on Sept. 20. Attending dignitaries included Gov. Jay Inslee, Mayor Mike McGinn, State Rep. Cyrus Habib and State Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Cyrus Habib, Jay Inslee, Peggy Lynch, ReWA, Refugee Women, Seattle Sheraton Hotel, Sharon Tomiko Santos, Solid Ground, Someireh Amirfaiz, State Rep, Tony Lee, Vol 32 No 43 | October 19 - October 25

Features 40Health exchanges to open, expand medical coverage

September 26, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly When the Washington Health Benefit Exchange opens its virtual doors on Oct. 1, approximately 250,000

Filed Under: Features, National News Tagged With: 2013, ACA, APA, Apple Health, Bob Crittenden, Charles Lam, Diane Narasaki, Hyeok Kim, King County Public Health, Korean, Solid Ground, TV, Tony Lee, Vietnamese, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4, Washington Health Benefit Exchange, poverty

Mayor McGinn kicks off campaign in South Seattle

February 11, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Mayor McGinn kicked off his re-election campaign on January 9 at an event hosted at the Filipino Community Center in South Seattle.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Arlene Oki, Debabutta Dash, El Centro, Filipino Community Center, Frank Irigon, Kip Tokuda, Maria Batayola, Sharon Maeda, South Seattle, State Rep, Tony Lee, Vol 32 No 7 | February 9 - February 15

Letter: I-1033 threatens basic services for the APA community

October 1, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Tim Eyman’s latest, Initiative 1033, threatens basic services such as education and health care that are vital to the APA community. According to the governor’s budget office, the initiative would reduce state general fund revenues that support education, human services, health care, environmental programs, and general government by an estimated $5.9 billion by 2015.

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2009, 2015, Alma Kern, Basic Health Plan, Elaine Ishihara, George Cheung, Josephine Tamayo Murray, Kim Tran, Kristina Logsdon, Sorya Svy, Stella Chao, Sutapa Basu, TABOR, Tanya Kim, Tim Eyman, Tony Lee, Vickie Asakura, Vol 28 No 41 | October 3-October 9

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