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Month: April 2025

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Permit-to-purchase bill for gun buyers headed to WA governor’s desk

April 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Permit-to-purchase bill for gun buyers headed to WA governor’s desk

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardApril 23, 2025 A new state permit requirement for gun buyers is poised to become law, as the Washington House sent the legislation to the governor’s desk late Tuesday. House […]

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Republicans walk out after WA House committee votes to close center for people with disabilities

April 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Republicans walk out after WA House committee votes to close center for people with disabilities

by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State StandardApril 23, 2025 Republican lawmakers walked out of a committee meeting in the Washington Legislature on Wednesday to protest approval of a bill that would close a residential center […]

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Democrats in Washington Legislature wrap up budget negotiations

April 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Democrats in Washington Legislature wrap up budget negotiations

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardApril 23, 2025 Democratic budget writers are done hashing out details on a new two-year operating budget for Washington state, key lawmakers said Wednesday. “We have made all the decisions, […]

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Oregon Attorney General leads suit against Trump, administration to block tariffs

April 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Oregon Attorney General leads suit against Trump, administration to block tariffs

by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleApril 23, 2025 Oregon is leading 11 other states in suing President Donald Trump and officials in his administration over tariffs that have touched nearly all goods imported into the […]

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Unfrozen grant for Oregon Indigenous farm to help plant native trees, further traditional knowledge

April 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Unfrozen grant for Oregon Indigenous farm to help plant native trees, further traditional knowledge

by Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital ChronicleApril 23, 2025 A few miles south of Salem, the Elderberry Wisdom Farm uses generations of traditional knowledge to grow native plants, restore habitats and train Indigenous adults and other […]

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Thursday 3/12

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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An amendment to the US Constitution must be ratified by what fraction of all the states?

An amendment to the United States Constitution must be ratified by three-fourths (3/4) of all the states. In the current 50-state union, this requires approval from 38 states for an amendment to become part of the Constitution.

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In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to move to the back of the bus?

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of going to the back of the bus, which was designated for African Americans, she sat in the front. When the bus started to fill up with white passengers, the bus driver asked Parks to move. She refused. Her resistance set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Who does Eddie Murphy trade places with in the 1983 movie "Trading Places"?

In the 1983 film Trading Places, Eddie Murphy's character, a streetwise con artist named Billy Ray Valentine, trades places with an upper-class commodities broker named Louis Winthorpe III, played by Dan Aykroyd.

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What is the soft, triangular, fleshy part of the inside of a horse's hoof called?

The soft, triangular, fleshy part on the underside of a horse's hoof is called the frog. This V-shaped structure is located between the heel bulbs and extends toward the toe, typically occupying about 25% to 33% of the hoof's bottom surface.

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Woodrow Wilson kept a herd of what animal to cut the White House lawn?

During World War I (starting in 1918), President Woodrow Wilson kept a flock of sheep to graze on the White House lawn. The flock, which grew to 48 sheep at its peak, was used to save manpower, provide natural fertilizer, and raise over $50,000 for the Red Cross by auctioning their wool.

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