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Welfare Policy

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Salishan "Refugee Housing" Project Video Is Thoroughly Debunked

    ​Alleged doctor William Mount posted a video on YouTube in February about the Salishan housing complex in Tacoma. In the video, Mount says a bunch of scary words like the complex is "Social Security housing for foreigners" and how each of the illegal immigrants who lives there makes thousands ... More >>

  • Diversions

    January 12, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    ​Alleged doctor William Mount posted a video on YouTube in February about the Salishan housing complex in Tacoma. In the video, Mount says a bunch of scary words like the complex is "Social Security housing for foreigners" and how each of the illegal immigrants who lives there makes thousands ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    Rossi's Way With the Jobless

    If you're out of work, Dino might not be your best friend.

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Dino Rossi Voted to Cut State Unemployment and Welfare Eligibility

    ​For more than a month now the U.S. Senate has been unable to pass a bill that would allow people who lost their jobs in the recession to continue collecting unemployment for up to 99 weeks rather than the standard 46 weeks. According to Huffington Post, 1.2 million unemployed Americans have s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Maria Cantwell, Citing Questionable Figures, Announces "Rescue" of Washington's Basic Health Plan

    The feds may help the Basic Health Plan, but with far less money than Cantwell suggests.​State officials said last week that ObamaCare isn't likely to bail out the cash-strapped Basic Health Plan--at least not until 2014, when the bill's major provisions kick in. Yesterday, however, Senator Ma ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2009

    Hang on for Obamacare

    Just don’t get sick for four years.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    If Christine Gregoire Takes Away Your Healthcare, The Feds Will Save You... in 2014

    Cantwell and her fellow senators are building a health care safety net. Unfortunately, it might not be ready in time.​Under the 2010 budget proposed earlier this month by Gov. Chris Gregoire, 65,000 people will be kicked out of the state's Basic Health Care plan. The plan covers families who e ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 2, 2009

    What's the Right Age for a Mexican Girl to Get Married?

    Cantwell and her fellow senators are building a health care safety net. Unfortunately, it might not be ready in time.​Under the 2010 budget proposed earlier this month by Gov. Chris Gregoire, 65,000 people will be kicked out of the state's Basic Health Care plan. The plan covers families who e ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2005

    Got Any Spare Change?

    An audacious 10-year plan to end homelessness in Seattle faces the usual problem: not enough money. In fact, federal cuts are on the way.

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    Give Them Shelter

    This is insane. Already in crisis, public services for the mentally ill will get slashed again at year's end. The toll in King County alone will be another 2,000 low-income patients left without services or treatment.

  • News

    July 17, 2002

    The Safety Net Stays

    Welfare's five-year limit is effectively over, but that's not what recipients are being told.

  • News

    November 7, 2001

    Shove off

    State cuts programs that help people on welfare find jobs.

  • News

    October 3, 2001

    Does this Family Deserve Welfare?

    Despite all the reforms, maybe Dolores Wilson should stay a welfare mom.

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    Welfare clock ticks

    Will people on welfare actually be kicked off?

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    Scrap this cabinet

    Will people on welfare actually be kicked off?

  • News

    October 18, 2000

    How bad is Al?

    Will people on welfare actually be kicked off?

  • News

    January 20, 1999

    Letters

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