The Seattle School Board’s resolution calls for a one-year moratorium on some out-of-school suspensions for elementary students, and a plan to reduce such suspensions for all students.

NJP’s efforts to improve disaster response for limited English communities in fire ravaged Central Washington garner national and local media coverage.

Thousands of farm workers living in wildfire country are particularly vulnerable in times of emergency. One problem is that warnings in Spanish don’t reach everyone that needs to hear them.

In maybe a minute, the Tacoma Housing Authority’s list of nearly 10,000 people hoping to receive rental assistance through the agency’s Housing Opportunity Program was trimmed to 1,200 lucky names.

Homeless LGBTQ youth and adult supporters alike know a fix is needed for the high level of LGBTQ youth who are homeless, compared with the population’s size.

Nearly 900 tenants who lived in VHA public housing between April 1, 2004 and April 30, 2011 will benefit from a federal court settlement. Under federal law, Public Housing tenants should not pay more than thirty percent of their monthly income for rent and utilities. VHA must establish, annually review, and adjust its utility allowances so that energy conservative households do not spend more than the allowances for utilities. In the lawsuit, the tenants alleged that VHA failed to annually review and adjust its allowances to keep pace with rising utility rates as required by HUD regulations.
View detailed information about the VHA Class Action at https://www.columbialegal.org/vha-class-settlement

 
Kelso’s Love Overwhelming homeless shelter will remain open after a judge Thursday gave the shelter and the city a few more months to hash things out.

OAK PARK, Ill. — MILLIONS of Americans lack crucial legal services. Yet enormous numbers of lawyers are unemployed. Why can’t the supply of lawyers match the demand?