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What’s next for Washington’s challenge to Trump’s birthright citizenship order?

June 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on What’s next for Washington’s challenge to Trump’s birthright citizenship order?

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardJune 27, 2025 Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Trump administration on Friday, the state of Washington still intends to seek a nationwide block of the […]

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Feds throw Washington’s $1.2B broadband program into disarray

June 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Feds throw Washington’s $1.2B broadband program into disarray

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardJune 27, 2025 Washington utilities, tribes, counties and others have spent years planning how to use the state’s $1.2 billion chunk of a federal program to improve high-speed internet access. […]

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Gov. Kotek blames transportation package failure on Republicans ‘who just wanted to go home’

June 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Gov. Kotek blames transportation package failure on Republicans ‘who just wanted to go home’

by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleJune 28, 2025 Gov. Tina Kotek blamed Republicans for the state Legislature’s failure to pass a bill this session that would have provided enough funding for the Oregon Department of […]

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Oregon Legislature wraps for 2025 after eleventh-hour strife, historic funding shortfall

June 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Oregon Legislature wraps for 2025 after eleventh-hour strife, historic funding shortfall

by Shaanth Nanguneri and Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleJune 28, 2025 Oregon lawmakers closed the 2025 legislative period with an ill-fated race to finish a gutted major transportation package, bringing an unsatisfactory end to a […]

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Oregon Legislature’s last-ditch attempt for 3-cent gas tax increase fails

June 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Oregon Legislature’s last-ditch attempt for 3-cent gas tax increase fails

by Alex Baumhardt, Julia Shumway and Shaanth Nanguneri, Oregon Capital ChronicleJune 27, 2025 Oregon Democrats’ last-ditch effort to stave off hundreds of layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation by passing a 3-cent gas tax […]

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Thursday 6/18

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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In what country was the Winter Olympic sport of bobsleigh invented?

Moritz, Switzerland, by wealthy tourists from Victorian Britain who were staying at the Palace Hotel owned by Caspar Badrutt. The early sleds were adapted from boys' delivery sleds and toboggans. These eventually evolved into bobsleighs, luges and skeletons.

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Who was the first US president to be heard on the radio?

On May 30, 1922, President Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to have his voice transmitted by radio while addressing a crowd at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial. The broadcast heralded a revolutionary shift in how presidents addressed the American public. It was not until three years later, however, that a president would deliver a radio-specific address. That honor went to President Calvin Coolidge.

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Where was the English muffin invented?

TIL the flat, round bread Americans know as 'English Muffins' don't come from England and were invented in New York City in the late 1800s. Their inventor, Samuel Bath Thomas, originally them called toaster crumpets.

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The first spin-off of C.S.I., starting in 2002, was set in what city?

CSI spin-off, following an elite group of Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs) from the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), who use advanced forensic science and methods to solve complex crimes in cross-cultural Miami, Florida.

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What is the hardest substance in the human body?

Your teeth contain the hardest substance in the human body — your enamel. Bones aren't quite as hard as enamel, but they rank closely on the hardness scale. Other parts of your body (like muscles, ligaments, and tendons) are incredibly strong, but don't come close to the mineral-based tissue in your teeth and bones.

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