(Images courtesy of Washington State Digital Archives)
With the Legislature a month into its scheduled 105-day session, it’s worth taking a look back – or waaay back – at past legislative bodies. Thanks to Washington’s… Read moreLaura Sherbo of the Washington State Library is the 2012 recipient of a prestigious national award for her leadership of library services in Washington prisons and state mental hospitals. Sherbo, manager of branch library services, was announced this week as winner the annual achievement award of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, a division of the American Library Association. According to her colleagues at the Washington State Library and leaders of… Read more
Just east of Snoqualmie Pass (Photos courtesy of Washington State Digital Archives)
Anyone who has driven across the Cascades did so by going over one of the several mountain passes that offer incredible views and recreational… Read moreThis makes it official: Below is the proclamation issued by Gov. Gregoire scheduling a special session to begin Monday, March 12 at noon. The 60-day regular session ended Thursday night without the House and Senate agreeing on a supplemental operating… Read more
Confused by the five tax advisory Our Election Division and the legislative hotline are getting lots of calls on
The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library located in downtown Seattle, is a free and comprehensive library service dedicated to providing an array of services to Washington residents unable to read standard print material. These include the blind, visually impaired, legally blind, deaf-blind, physically disabled, those who can’t comfortably hold a book or turn pages and those who are reading disabled. Any genre you can think of, WTBBL has it! Users of the library can check out… Read more
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Logging is one of the industries that helped literally build Washington and put it on the map during its territorial days more than a century ago. While… Read moreBack for its 9th year is the Washington State Mock Election! The Mock Election is a non-partisan educational program that gives students a taste of what it's like to research issues and "vote." The hope is that students will enjoy the experience and will look forward to getting registered and participating when they turn 18. Voting is free and quite simple. Anytime between Monday, Oct. 28, and noon on Nov. 1 students can go online to cast their vote. Students in grades K-12 will "vote… Read more
It's a familiar, but vexing topic among election administrators across Washington and America: how do you engage "Millennials," those 18 to 30-ish, in public life and voting? The sector typically votes at lower levels than their elders. Secretary of State Kim Wyman, a veteran of state, local and national election reform efforts, and a panel of experts tried it on for size Friday at a Capitol forum sponsored by Wyman, the Foley Institute for Public Policy & Public Service, and the Henry… Read more
Nowadays, we have opinion polls on just about everything. Not wanting to miss the poll train, we’re offering you a chance to sound off on some of our State Archives’ many interesting documents, collections, photos and other historical gems. Starting this month, we’re featuring various “Archives Treasures.” Over the past few days, we’ve showcased three of these treasures for viewing. The first “contestant” is the state boxing license applications submitted by heavyweight legends Muhammad Ali… Read more
Secretary of State Wyman is proud to announce that October is National Information Literacy Awareness Month in our state. Wyman promotes libraries throughout Washington, and her office includes the Washington State Library, as well as the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library. “It’s a good month to thank a librarian and a good month to celebrate the gift of knowledge and literacy,” Wyman said. Gov. Jay… Read more
Rich White, Boeing's State & Local Government Relations manager for the NW Region, shows Secretary Wyman one of the planes being built at Everett facility. (Photos courtesy of Boeing)
When some of the world's most modern… Read more(Photo courtesy of Jeff Martin)
The view of Capitol Lake and the Olympia waterfront from the Capitol Campus is always scenic, even more so on a sunny day, as… Read more
