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Boys in Girls Sports- Watch out for Title IX Parent Concern

TITLE IX and Washington State Public Schools... How are rules changed? It is no secret that school boards and districts are finding themselves in the crossfires between the state and federal mandates on allowing boys in girls sports and spaces. The primary question facing school boards is whether they are violating their oath of office by violating Title IX, a 1972 federal law that was enacted to ensure equal educational and athletic opportunities for ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2025-03-18T12:26:41-07:00March 18, 2025|Fourth Corner News|2 Comments

Whatcom County Health Department in Turmoil; Director on Leave.

Be Brave Washington, Opinion What County Health Department Head Erika Lautenbach on Leave As many of you are aware, the Whatcom Health Dept. Director/Erika Lautenbach has been put 'on leave' by the County Executive/Satpal Sidhu. This is the latest scandal/upheaval in our community and it will be interesting to see how things unfold. And, it will be interesting to see what information is revealed through Public Records Requests and to see if liberal Council ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2025-03-18T11:17:43-07:00March 18, 2025|Fourth Corner News|3 Comments

Influencing Olympia Effectively 3/18/25

3/18 Tuesday Hearings: Taxation, Public Safety, 2A Restrictions and more Taxation! Time to testify! Nancy D Churchill Mar 17, 2025 This is a very long list of bills that will have a hearing on Tuesday, 3/18. ! There are only 2 PRO bills, but 25 () CON bills! Some of these are brand new! A few we didn’t notice before, but at least one is “NTIB,” or necessary to implement the budget. I ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2025-03-18T09:11:40-07:00March 18, 2025|Fourth Corner News|0 Comments

162 Western Wash. University Professors and employees sign “anti-Semitic” Boycott document

WWU Faculty Call on Administration to Meet Student Demands Dear President Randhawa, Provost Johnson, and WWU Board of Trustees, Students on college campuses across the country are demanding that their institutions live up to the values they claim to uphold. On May 3, 2024, a diverse coalition of Western Washington University (WWU) student organizations, led by WWU’s Jewish Voice for Peace and Arab Student Association, presented you with a list of demands. Students are ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2025-03-10T08:21:46-07:00March 10, 2025|Fourth Corner News|15 Comments

WA Farmers Put EPA and DOJ on Notice: Backroom Tactics will be Exposed

WA Farmers Put EPA, DOJ On Notice: Backroom Tactics Will Be Exposed "Save Family Farming files new public records requests to demand transparency, hold agencies accountable as EPA, DOJ continue campaign against Washington state farms." "Dairy closes under the cost of dealing with EPA and Department of Justice" (EVERSON, Wash.) Farmers are demanding transparency from the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Justice, by filing new requests for key public records ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2025-03-09T12:22:13-07:00March 9, 2025|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News, Fourth Corner News|0 Comments

Farmers and Farmworker Legislation 2025

PRESS RELEASE - Feb. 25, 2025 Press Contact: Dillon Honcoop, dhoncoop@savefamilyfarming.org Is Sen. Saldaña More Worried About ‘Climate Resiliency’ Than Helping Struggling Farmworkers? Despite claims of providing economic relief for farmworkers, new Saldaña proposal fails to put any money back in workers’ pockets—while paying farms to fight climate change. (OLYMPIA, Wash.) A new proposal claiming to ease the burden of new state agricultural overtime rules is moving forward in the state Senate, ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2025-03-03T09:44:07-08:00March 2, 2025|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Fourth Corner News, Rural Living, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

Voter Integrity- Vote by Mail?

HB 1584 Ending vote by mail for non-absentee voters and restoring in-person voting at polling places and voting centers. Please COMMENT and SUPPORT: By Misty Flowers: When it comes to politics, some subjects have been too taboo to discuss on both sides of the political isle: Election Integrity is one. The concern has been, if we discuss election problems, voters aren't going to turn out. But the truth is Election Integrity has been a major ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2025-02-25T17:01:12-08:00February 24, 2025|Fourth Corner News|5 Comments

Community Information Week Of Wednesday Feb 13th 2025

Notes from the Be-Brave Organization: Saturday Feb. 15th: * RALLY for Parental Rights in Olympia!!! 12pm NOON State Capitol, North Steps. Several bills are being pushed through to protect perpetrators of sexual misconduct with children and to WITHOLD student information from Parents This week I will highlight a few worth responding to although there are MANY. HB 5181 So MANY BILLS! Since Trump's entry into the White House, there has been a very busy ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2025-02-12T09:42:13-08:00February 12, 2025|Fourth Corner News|0 Comments

John Lesow on Recent British Columbia elections and “growth management”

John Lesow Guest Writer In May of 2024, I suggested in a Guest Editorial that Planners in Washington and British Columbia were on the same page--the Wrong one--in their efforts to address the "Housing Crisis" and "Affordability" in their respective communities of Bellingham and North Vancouver, B.C. The results of the Provincial election in British Columbia on October 19 show that the electorate remains deeply divided on the government's plan to ...