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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

WA: Nuclear Waste

A mural at the Patagonia store in Belltown, Washington, reminds residents they all live downriver from the Hanford nuclear site. (Hanford Challenge)
WA communities unite to keep Hanford nuclear site cleanup on track

"We all live downriver from Hanford," is the message painted on the windows of the Patagonia store in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. It is a …

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Un mural en la tienda Patagonia en Belltown, Wash., recuerda a las personas que todos vivimos río debajo de la contaminación nuclear dejada atrás en Hanford. (Hanford Challenge)
Comunidades de WA unidas para continuar limpieza del sitio nuclear de Hanford

"Todos vivimos río abajo desde Hanford": ese es el mensaje pintado en los cristales de la tienda Patagonia en el barrio Belltown de Seattle…

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The Hanford Nuclear Site was home to the world's first plutonium production reactor. (U.S. Department of Energy)
Interactive Hanford Story Teaches about Nuclear Site's Threat to Columbia River

The Hanford Nuclear Site on the Columbia River in central Washington has left a complex legacy for the region. An interactive story map imagines …

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El Sitio Nuclear de Hanford albergó el primer reactor de producción de plutonio del mundo. (Departamento de Energía de EE.UU.)
Historia interactiva de Hanford enseña la amenaza del Sitio Nuclear para Río Columbia

El Sitio Nuclear de Hanford, situado en el río Columbia en el centro de Washington, ha dejado un legado complejo en la región. Un mapa …

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Built during World War II, the B Reactor at the Hanford Site was the first large-scale nuclear reactor ever built. (Energy.gov/Wikimedia Commons)
Report Slams Fed Oversight of Aging WA Nuclear Site

RICHLAND, Wash. -- The federal government still has not addressed the aging facilities at one of North America's most contaminated nuclear sites…

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Underground tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Site hold more than 50 million gallons of radioactive waste. (Jeff Keyzer/Flickr)
Nuclear-Site Workers Reach Settlement; Government Buy-In Needed

SEATTLE – Workers at the country's most contaminated nuclear site in southeast Washington scored a win for safety in court this week. But one …

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A large hole, seen at the top of the picture, developed over a tunnel at the Hanford site. The tunned contains rail cars containing radioactive waste. (U.S. Department of Energy)
Latest Hanford Emergency Leaves Workers' Safety in Question, Again

RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers were evacuated Tuesday after the roof of a tunnel containing rail cars with radioactive material collapsed at the Hanford …

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The Hanford Nuclear Reservation is the most contaminated nuclear site in the U.S. (Philo Nordlund/Flickr)
Feds Consider Demolition of Contaminated Facility at Hanford

RICHLAND, Wash. – Radioactive contamination is spreading at an aging facility on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, according to a report from …

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A new Senate bill is aimed at protecting whistleblowers at nuclear facilities such as the Hanford Site, above. (U.S. Department of Energy)
Bill in U.S. Senate Would Protect Whistleblowers at Nuclear Sites

SEATTLE - A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would further protect whistleblowers at nuclear sites. Senate Bill 3394 is designed to level the …

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PHOTO: The Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., is a former plutonium manufacturing facility that is now one of the nation's largest superfund cleanup sites. Courtesy Oregon Dept. of Energy (which also has input into Hanford's effects on the Columbia River).
Critics: Feds Issue "Inadequate" Plan for Hanford Cleanup

RICHLAND, Wash. – After almost a decade and $85 million, the U.S. Department of Energy has released its report on cleanup plans for the Hanford …

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West Coast is Home to "No Nukes" Concert – The Sequel

SEATTLE - They organized the 1979 "No Nukes" concerts, and now "Musicians United for Safe Energy" are warming up to rock again. In response to the …

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Hanford Whistleblower Points to Long-Term Safety Concerns

RICHLAND, Wash. - A host of agencies and boards are supposed to be ensuring the safety of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford …

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