SEATTLE - May Day marches and rallies are being held around the state on Tuesday, and Washington's largest event is always in Seattle. Labor, immigrant and faith communities are promising a large and vocal turnout, as this year's annual May Day commemoration underscores their concerns about issues r ...Read More

SALEM, Ore. - People who march in Oregon's largest May Day event on Tuesday evening in Salem will carry lanterns to symbolize lights of hope. Organizers of Oregon's May Day commemoration are describing it as a celebration of working families, no matter what their immigration status. They want the st ...Read More

GREAT FALLS, Mont. - "GYT" is a set of initials most young people know, and although it sounds like it, it has nothing to do with texting. It's a national campaign, "Get Yourself Tested," designed to encourage sexually-active young adults to talk with their health care providers about sexually-trans ...Read More

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - CAFé (New Mexico Communities in Action and Faith) sponsored a recent training to prepare members of the clergy to preach and teach about issues related to the economic crisis. One issue the group is advocating for is national monument status for the Organ Mountains-Desert Pea ...Read More

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The end of the school year is around the corner, leaving many North Carolina working parents looking for safe and fun summer care alternatives for their children. For thousands across the state, the YWCA is one of the many summer child care options. However, Cici Weston, school-a ...Read More

HARTFORD, Conn. - A new partnership between town health directors and town planners promises to create new ways to reduce Connecticut's stubborn racial health disparities, which are among the widest such differences of any state. Alyssa Norwood, program associate with the Connecticut Association o ...Read More

NEW YORK - A federal judge gets advice from state regulators today on how to divide up $78 million being set aside to benefit New York utility customers. The money comes from a settlement of an energy-market manipulation case, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is asking state regulators f ...Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Imagine having just $23 to spend on food for five days. That's what life is like for the average food-stamp recipient. A new challenge is encouraging all Ohioans see if they could live on the same budget. The Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies is launching the Food Stam ...Read More