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Woodstove bill is dead for session, Short says

February 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Woodstove bill is dead for session, Short says

OLYMPIA – The state Department of Ecology is backing off for the year on a proposal to regulate wood-burning stoves sold in Washington state and duplicate standards already imposed by federal regulation, said Sen. Shelly […]

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The Elephant in the Dome Podcast: Washington Senate Republicans Push for Housing Solutions

February 22, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The Elephant in the Dome Podcast: Washington Senate Republicans Push for Housing Solutions

In this episode of The Elephant in the Dome, Senate Republican Leader John Braun and Senator Keith Goehner discuss Washington’s housing crisis and the Senate Republican plan to address affordability. They break down the impact of […]

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Audio: Washington State Senate Republican Leadership Update with Senator John Braun

February 22, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Audio: Washington State Senate Republican Leadership Update with Senator John Braun

Senate Republican Leader John Braun talks about why a new Senate Republican housing strategy to tackle Washington’s affordability crisis is important. With housing becoming increasingly inaccessible statewide, the plan aims to remove regulatory barriers and […]

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RIP: Bills that didn’t survive the WA Legislature’s first major deadline

February 22, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on RIP: Bills that didn’t survive the WA Legislature’s first major deadline

by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero and Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardFebruary 22, 2025 Bills dealing with cow burps, the state flag, and changes to police traffic stop standards are among the first to land in the […]

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Lawsuit against Amazon provides first test of WA’s health data privacy law

February 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Lawsuit against Amazon provides first test of WA’s health data privacy law

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardFebruary 21, 2025 Amazon faces a potential class-action lawsuit on accusations the company violated a groundbreaking Washington law meant to protect the privacy of consumer health data.  It’s the first […]

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Wednesday 5/27

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was in what restaurant commercial?

Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a famous international television commercial for Pizza Hut in 1997. The ad, which originally aired in 1998, was shot in Moscow and featured the former Soviet leader visiting a Pizza Hut restaurant in Red Square with his granddaughter.

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Who was Sherlock Holmes’s assistant?

Sherlock Holmes' legendary assistant, biographer, and roommate is Dr. John H. Watson. A former British Army doctor wounded in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Watson serves as Holmes’s emotional anchor, moral compass, and the first-person narrator for the vast majority of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.

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What popular toy was invented by taking empty pie plates are throwing them in the air?

The Frisbee is the popular toy you are thinking of. College students in the 1930s and 1940s (famously at Yale University) would toss empty pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The students would yell "Frisbie!" to warn others of the incoming tins. This popular pastime inspired inventor Walter Morrison to create a better-flying plastic version. The toy company Wham-O bought the design in 1955, and eventually released it under the name "Frisbee" as a tribute to the pie company that started the craze. 

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What reddish-colored ant common in the southern U.S. delivers painful, venomous stings that can cause severe allergic reactions?

The red imported fire ant (or simply the fire ant) is the reddish-colored ant common in the southern U.S. that delivers painful, venomous stings capable of causing severe allergic reactions.

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What is the only US state with an official jelly?

Louisiana is the only US state with an official state jelly. In fact, it has two: mayhaw jelly and Louisiana sugar cane jelly, which were both officially adopted by the state legislature in 2003. 

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