Eric Rosane

Let's get clickbait out of local news.

We are a group of Idaho and Washington journalists, and our publishing company, McClatchy, wants the ability to punish us for not meeting arbitrary story quotas.

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McClatchy keeps telling us that they want flexibility. What they mean is that they want the flexibility to fire us when they want, to keep discipline haunting us and to cancel our vacations and parental leave.

Support journalists at The Everett Herald! If you read The Everett Herald, we know you support local journalism and the effort reporters put into covering your community and Snohomish County. Since we formed our union in 2022, we’ve been figh...

The Everett NewsGuild is calling on Herald subscribers to support their contract fight as Carpenter Media Group continues to offer low wages and tie meager raises to story quotas.
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🚨 NEW: This morning, WA and Idaho newsrooms will sit down at the same table with McClatchy to start work on our 2nd contracts.

We are excited! But as we bargain for better pay, protections + benefits, we hope they keep in mind who really "powers" the company: The people! ✊

Which Tri-Cities schools are the healthiest financially? WA report shows the strugglers “We’re all going to be in trouble before not too long because of the cost of doing business.”

"Even districts with the healthiest reserves aren’t necessarily feeling 'safe' from the economic and political downturn that’s plagued many in the years since the COVID pandemic." #WAEdu
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Knitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district “No cellphones” is the message that students get in the Spokane, Washington, school district, where the devices are banned. But the district has also invested in extracurriculars to engage students “i...

"By pairing an expansion of extracurriculars with its cellphone ban, a Washington state district has seen a drop in absenteeism and more student engagement" #WAEdu
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Federal cuts force Head Start center with +400 kids, 70 jobs to close in Eastern WA There are reports the Trump administration is considering doing away with the federal program altogether.

BREAKING: The Inspire Development Centers in Sunnyside is closing indefinitely its Head Start and Early Head Start programs at the end of business day because its loss of federal funding.

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WA Legislature targets $134M for 2nd CBC dorm, arts center + other Tri-City projects PNNL, WSU Tri-Cities and the recovery housing are among 17 other projects expected to get WA state money.

Tri-City lawmakers say more than $134 million of that budget is earmarked for local construction, including about $83 million for the Pasco-based community college.

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Can't believe she doesn't have to file taxes.

Budget crisis likely to force a Tri-Cities school district to go to 4-day weeks “Our community likes the idea of having a potential three-day weekend, and to allow kids to have more education on the four other days.”

"Pending approval from OSPI, the Finley School District will likely move to a four-day school week for the 2025-26 school year to help address a budget shortfall. It’s a move they’re seriously considering regardless of the April 22 levy outcome." #WAEdu
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Tri-Cities area school will lose sports programs, 2 dozen employees if levy fails again The district will have to make other cuts even if it passes.

Finley School District is at a crisis point, and it could get much worse if voters reject a levy request on ballots that went out this week. The district is already facing deep cuts to programs that support students and teachers. #WAEdu 👇

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NASA astronaut José Hernández inspires students during visit to Tri-Cities - Northwest Public Broadcasting Surrounded by students seeking autographs and photos, astronaut José Hernández finished one of his conferences at Pasco High School.

"Hernández, a former farmworker who went on to work for NASA, was just a child when he decided to pursue his dream of being an astronaut.
He visited Eastern Washington and shared his story of resilience and determination with local students..."
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See Which Schools Trump's Education Department Is Investigating and Why The agency has opened more than 80 investigations. Check out our map and table to review them.

"See Which Schools Trump’s Education Department Is Investigating and Why"

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WSU freezes some hiring and raises as new president starts campus tours in Tri-Cities She’s the first woman to hold the job in the university’s 135-year history.

WSU's new president is wasting no time getting to work.

From the Tri-Cities campus Wednesday, Elizabeth Cantwell kicked off her statewide “whistle stop” tour which will take her to all five physical WSU campuses over the next week.
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Tri-Cities school board wants ‘urgent’ federal intervention over WA athlete gender laws They claim to be caught between Washington state laws and Trump’s executive orders keeping “men out of women’s sports.”

The board voted 4-0 at its Wednesday board meeting to file the complaint, with board member Michael Connors abstaining. He said the complaint was a “wildly partisan document.”

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West Ada parents, students chalked welcoming messages at schools. Some are being erased “The school district can erase our welcoming messages but it cannot erase our voices,” a Renaissance High School student said.

"On Sunday afternoon, community members staged a Chalk the Walk event, filling sidewalks outside several West Ada schools with welcoming messages, the Idaho Statesman reported.

As of Monday, several of those chalk displays had been erased..."
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This Pasco mechanic isn’t a felon or violent. So why was he arrested by ICE? “Painting this picture of immigrants as criminals and that they are only deporting criminals is so far from the truth that we’re seeing.”

Immigration attorneys in Washington say undocumented residents without serious criminal backgrounds are being arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) around the state. It’s already happening in the Tri-Cities. 👇

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Which States Are Challenging Undocumented Students’ Right to Free Education? States are reviving efforts to challenge the 1982 Plyler v. Doe ruling that guarantees undocumented students a free, public education.

"Which States Are Challenging Undocumented Students’ Right to Free Education?"

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From water filtration to autism research, students wow judges at Mid-Columbia Science Fair “Sometimes when I hear some of these kids, I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh. I want to be like you.’”

"From water filtration to autism research, students wow judges at Mid-Columbia Science Fair"

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Much like computers and the internet, artificial intelligence is here to stay. Educators hope to use the technology as a tool for student learning Dreamy ambient music plays quietly overhead as 13 fourth graders at Longfellow Elementary School in northeast Spokane slowly make their way from tables scattered around...

"Much like computers and the internet, artificial intelligence is here to stay. Educators hope to use the technology as a tool for student learning"
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Amid federal education cuts, what’s at stake for Washington’s public schools? The amount of federal funding that each school district receives varies.

"OSPI issued guidance in January on how schools should respond if federal immigration authorities show up... And condemned federal efforts to bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports..."

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Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.

"'I’ve been treated as a public enemy by the government and now it’s bleeding into my own family,' says 24-year-old Luke Tobin, who was fired last month from his job as a technician with the U.S. Forest Service in Idaho’s Nez Perce National Forest."
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Wild quote, tbh. www.fbi.gov/contact-us/f...

WA budget battle may cut preschool seats. It could lock out more poor Tri-Cities kids About 900 Tri-City children, age 3 and 4, already are eligible but don’t receive services.

"Gov. Bob Ferguson proposed cuts last week to Washington’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, known as ECEAP, at a time when advocates say the program should be growing to meet demand."

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Nation's Largest Teachers' Union Sues Education Department Over DEI Threats It's the second lawsuit to challenge the guidance that seeks to end diversity, equity, and inclusion in schools.

"The lawsuit names the Education Department, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, and Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor as defendants. A spokesperson for the federal agency said that the department does not comment on pending litigation."
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Oh. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/02/20/c...

Well, this sucks... #DOGE

U.S. Education officials open investigation into Tumwater School District over girls sports The investigation alleges the district continues to violate Title IX by allowing a male to compete in girls’ athletics.

"U.S. Education officials open investigation into Tumwater School District over girls sports"

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Despite strong performance reviews, Grand Coulee Dam workers fired in DOGE cuts told they 'failed to demonstrate fitness or qualifications' When Stephanie Duclos reported to work at the Bureau of Reclamation’s Grand Coulee Dam office the Tuesday morning after Presidents Day Weekend, she was called in to her supervisors’ office. Then she w...

Despite strong performance reviews, Grand Coulee Dam workers fired in DOGE cuts told they ‘failed to demonstrate fitness or qualifications’

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WA revokes certificate of Mid-Columbia teacher. He could avoid jail time for sex charges He’s denied making inappropriate comments and physical contact with students.

A former North Franklin School District teacher cannot teach in Washington anymore, but he’ll likely avoid jail time, after multiple students came forward saying he made sexually charged comments and inappropriately touched them.

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