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Labor leaders, environmentalists and members of the low-income community will discuss links between a green economy and new jobs.
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Voters without considerable political acumen simply average what they hear and read, and people at Washington caucuses will be no exception, says John Gastil.
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Even though federal welfare-reform legislation calls for case workers to screen for domestic violence and most states have agreed to implement this requirement, just 9 percent of women applying for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families were screened for domestic violence.
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A number of finalists for the deanship of the School of Law have been identified by the search committee and will begin visiting the university for interviews and public presentations over the next several weeks.
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In Going Down Jericho Road, UW Tacoma author Michael Honey lays out parallels between national problems in 1968 and the ones we face now.
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The administration of George W. Bush has stubbornly held onto beliefs in tax cuts, even while proved wrong.
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Northwest Environmental Forum participants are concerned that working forests in Washington are being converted to other uses ranging from pasture land to housing developments.
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New data show that gains begun in 2005 have steadily increased, say researchers at the West Coast Poverty Center, located at the University of Washington.
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Problem-solving experts at UW and WSU will work with farmers, environmentalists and others to find common ground
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Three out of five data breaches involving sensitive personal information are attributable to organizational malfeasance, according to a review of compromised records over the past 26 years. A better picture of who is responsible has emerged as a result of recent disclosure laws.
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New research shows African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a rate unprecedented since an international convention banning ivory trade took effect in 1989.
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The University of Washington and Washington State University will announce on Tuesday the launch of a joint center to assist in addressing hard-to-resolve social, economic and environmental issues in Washington.
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The minimum price tag to win a Senate seat in most states has reached $10 million, according to UW researchers who analyzed recent political spending patterns.
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The University of Washington School of Law has received a $33.3 million gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for scholarships that will allow hundreds of talented students to pursue careers in public service law.
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Two parallel, but largely separate, migrations of more than 20 million black and white Americans in the 20th century transformed politics, culture and religion in the United States.
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Initiatives involving doctors and trial lawyers have helped spark record cash contributions during the 2005 Washington state campaign, according to a student research team.
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A pilot project in participatory democracy will begin later this month in King County, pairing local officials with young adults who were once in foster care and are now existing on minimum-wage incomes.
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UW professors can add perspective for stories on the scientific basis of evolution theory and the religious, educational and legal controversies in the news.
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The nation's main program for educating the disadvantaged, Title I, is hampered by loopholes that prevent it from fulfilling its mission, according to a UW study.
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Monday's conference on "Education and Productivity: A 21st Century Workforce" will focus on measures to improve education to foster better jobs and more innovative businesses.
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