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Plan to raise cap on property tax growth collapses in WA Legislature

April 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Plan to raise cap on property tax growth collapses in WA Legislature

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardApril 21, 2025 Democratic state lawmakers dropped their bid Monday to repeal a voter-approved limit on property tax growth in Washington, excising one of the most controversial revenue-raising ideas they’ve […]

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WA bill to restrict outside National Guard from entering state is signed into law

April 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on WA bill to restrict outside National Guard from entering state is signed into law

by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State StandardApril 21, 2025 During his inaugural address in January, Gov. Bob Ferguson highlighted his support for a bill that would grant the governor authority to limit other states’ National […]

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‘A devastating loss’: WA state Sen. Bill Ramos mourned after dying unexpectedly

April 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on ‘A devastating loss’: WA state Sen. Bill Ramos mourned after dying unexpectedly

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardApril 21, 2025 Washington state Sen. Bill Ramos died suddenly Saturday while on a trail run near his home in Issaquah. He was 69. Colleagues remembered Ramos, a Democrat representing […]

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WA food banks bracing for potential impacts from federal cuts and tariffs

April 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on WA food banks bracing for potential impacts from federal cuts and tariffs

by Questen Inghram, Washington State StandardApril 21, 2025 This article was first published by the Yakima Herald-Republic. Cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture food assistance programs could hit local farmers, food banks and their users […]

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WA Commerce chief warns tariff fallout could hit state hard

April 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on WA Commerce chief warns tariff fallout could hit state hard

by Paul W. Taylor, Washington State StandardApril 21, 2025 This article was first published by TVW. Washington’s top commerce official says the state cannot shield its economy from the fallout of rapidly escalating tariffs, particularly in […]

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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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