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Student Voter registration challenge 2018

Student Voter registration challenge 2018

To encourage as many young adults as possible to make their voices heard in the 2018 General Election, Secretary of State Kim Wyman and Gov. Jay Inslee have launched a special Student Voter Registration Challenge to sign up Washington’s college students as new voters. As Gov. Inslee’s office describes here, the Student Voter Registration Challenge is a competition open to students at all 40 of Washington’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges. Student teams must register by Aug. 1 to…

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Happy 125th birthday, Washington!

Happy 125th birthday, Washington!

Members of the 2014 Capsule Keepers sit on the Rotunda floor as they and hundreds of others listen to the state’s 125th birthday celebration program in the Capitol. You only turn 125 once. And the state of Washington did it right. Hundreds gathered in the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday afternoon to join in the state’s 125th birthday celebration. Among the state officials speaking at the event were Gov. Jay Inslee (First Lady Trudi Inslee also spoke) and Secretary of State Kim…

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Rain doesn’t dampen Seahawks rally at Capitol

Rain doesn’t dampen Seahawks rally at Capitol

Secretary Wyman wears her Marshawn Lynch jersey at the Seahawks rally Wednesday at the Capitol. (Photos courtesy of Benjamin Helle)  In true Pacific Northwest fashion, Seattle Seahawks fans and state workers gathered despite the cold and rain Wednesday afternoon for a rally to raise the 12th Man flag outside the Capitol in Olympia. Clad in blue and green, huddled together under umbrellas, supporters chanted through the drizzle for their favorite football team.  The Seahawks mascot, Blitz, stands with Lt. Gov….

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