A statewide initiative approved by voters in November raised the minimum age for buying semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21, required buyers to first pass a firearms safety course and added expanded background checks and gun storage requirements, among other things. It was among the most comprehe...
2.Governor-elect (and state Attorney General) Bob Ferguson is considering State Sen. Joe Nguyen (D-34, West Seattle and Vashon) for director of the state Department of Commerce, whose wide portfolio includes affordable housing, energy and climate investments, broadband, gun violence prevention, an...
General Washington It was from New England, far removed from his own State, that the demand came for his appointment as commander-in-chief of the American army. Silently he accepted the duty, and, leaving Philadelphia, took command of the army at Cambridge. There is no need to trace him ...
University spokesperson Crystal Nosal said officials canceled GW Chile and the University’s provider and exchange programs, which rely on outside partners and organizations, only continuing GW-branded programs with limited activity because of the state of the pandemic. This fall will serve as the ...
He challenged the American public to put pressure on members of Congress to state their position on the measures “on record” and “…[I]f they say no, ask them why not. Ask them what’s more important: Doing whatever it takes to get an ‘A’ grade from the gun lobby that funds ...
was larger than any other state or territory in the nation, and nearly twice the size of the second largest gap in Wisconsin. In addition to all 50 states, the black-white longevity gap in D.C. exceeds those of peer cities. For example, in 2015 black-white longevity gaps among males ...
Grierson’s raid had lately gone the entire length of the State, and we had had a hard, vain chase after him, also. Joe Johnston’s shattered army was at Jackson, about forty-five miles to northward; beleaguered Vicksburg was in the Northwest, a trifle farther away; Natchez lay southwest...
A statewide initiative approved by voters in November raised the minimum age for buying semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21, required buyers to first pass a firearms safety course and added expanded background checks and gun storage requirements, among other things. It was among the most comprehe...