November 28, 2023

‘A labor of love’: Seattle Gay News working to archive every old publication free for the public to view (King5)

King5: ‘A labor of love’: Seattle Gay News working to archive every old publication free for the public to view. “The new owner and publisher of Seattle Gay News (SGN), one of the longest-standing LGBTQIA publications in the country, has an ambitious goal: archive every single issue of the publication for the public to view online…. [Mike] Schultz said SGN’s new website lets you see archives of the publication dating back to the 1970s.” As far as I can tell this is a separate archive than the Seattle Gay News archive created by the state of Washington and launched in February.. I’m mentioning it because it looks like they might have different holdings.

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August 6, 2023

South Sound Magazine: Tacoma Public Library Secures Funding for Large-Scale Digitalization Project

South Sound Magazine: Tacoma Public Library Secures Funding for Large-Scale Digitalization Project . “The Tacoma Public Library’s Northwest Room’s local history and archives center is launching a $200,000 digitization project to digitalize a photo archive of The News Tribune. Once completely digitized, it is estimated that more than 10,000 photographs will have been added to the Northwest Room’s online database.”

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April 28, 2023

KUOW: Seattle joins effort to give young readers access to banned books

KUOW: Seattle joins effort to give young readers access to banned books. “The initiative, called Books Unbanned, was started by the Brooklyn Public Library last year in response to an increase in books being removed from schools and libraries around the U.S. A majority of those books are written by, or about LGBTQIA+ and communities of color. The Seattle Public Library will provide free access to its entire collection of e-books and audio-books, to youths ages 13-26 regardless of where they are in the U.S.”

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April 18, 2023

CNBC: Nine more U.S. states join federal lawsuit against Google over ad tech

CNBC: Nine more U.S. states join federal lawsuit against Google over ad tech. “Nine states, including Michigan and Nebraska, have joined a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against Alphabet′s Google which alleges the search and advertising company broke antitrust law in running its digital advertising business, the department said on Monday. The states joining the lawsuit were Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Washington and West Virginia, the department said.”

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March 9, 2023

Washington State Department of Health: Telehealth sexual and reproductive health care services now available in Washington

Washington State Department of Health: Telehealth sexual and reproductive health care services now available in Washington. “The new DOH webpage and tool offers information about 37 clinics in the Washington State Sexual and Reproductive Health Network that provide telehealth appointments. Available telehealth services include birth control refills, pregnancy options counseling, emergency contraceptives, and screenings for sexually transmitted infections.”

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February 3, 2023

41 Years of SGN now online at Washington Digital Newspapers; historic content available free to the public (Washington Secretary of State)

Washington Secretary of State: 41 Years of SGN now online at Washington Digital Newspapers; historic content available free to the public. “Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State, recently digitized 1,745 issues of the Seattle Gay News (now known as SGN), as part of the Washington Digital Newspapers (WDN) program.”

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December 6, 2022

Washington State Department of Natural Resources: DNR Releases Interactive Map for Clean Energy Development on State Lands

Washington State Department of Natural Resources: DNR Releases Interactive Map for Clean Energy Development on State Lands. “The mapping project gives DNR the opportunity to use existing detailed information about the lands it manages to improve outreach to stakeholders, protect habitat and tribal heritage, and better serve the needs of utilities and clean energy developers. The tool is the State of Washington’s first published map for locating potential properties for solar and wind energy development.”

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November 29, 2022

Washington State Department of Health: DOH unveils free teacher resources to bring public health and climate change data into the classroom

Washington State Department of Health: DOH unveils free teacher resources to bring public health and climate change data into the classroom. “In an effort to engage students with local health and climate data, DOH is unveiling a free professional development course for teachers that uses DOH tools and data to explore the connections between asthma and wildfires, which are one of the most obvious impacts of climate change on Washington state.”

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October 27, 2022

Associated Press: Facebook parent company Meta fined $24.7M by WA state for campaign finance disclosure violations

Associated Press: Facebook parent company Meta fined $24.7M by WA state for campaign finance disclosure violations. “A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law, in what is believed to be the largest campaign finance penalty in U.S. history.”

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August 4, 2022

University of Washington: Popular map for exploring environmental health disparities, vulnerabilities in Washington gets an update

University of Washington: Popular map for exploring environmental health disparities, vulnerabilities in Washington gets an update. “Map users can create data visualizations to see environmental health risks and compare census tracts based on dozens of factors, such as existing levels of pollution that include ozone concentration, PM2.5, diesel emissions, lead risks in homes, proximity to heavilytrafficked roads, industrial or waste treatment facilities and Superfund sites. Included also are socioeconomic factors such as English proficiency, education levels, housing affordability and employment statistics, birthweights and prevalence of cardiovascular disease.”

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June 8, 2022

Seattle Art Beat Blog: Crosscut launches Black Arts Legacies showcasing contemporary and historic Black creators in the Northwest

Seattle Art Beat Blog: Crosscut launches Black Arts Legacies showcasing contemporary and historic Black creators in the Northwest. “Crosscut today launched Black Arts Legacies, a digital archive highlighting the roles Black artists have played in the Northwest’s cultural landscape. For its debut, Black Arts Legacies is featuring 26 creatives spanning decades and artistic disciplines.”

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