Eye Openers + Washington Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 5, 2009

Hispanic Voter Turnout Remains Low – voter turnout rate of just 21% in Yakima, WA

December 12, 2008

Soap stars warm cold fans – Nearly 1,500 wait for hours to see Mexican actors – Eduardo Yañez, Pablo Montero and Jorge Salinas from Fuego en la Sangre in Yakima, Washington for a Verizon marketing event

September 9, 2008

Border Patrol roadblock rattles small Washington town

August 21, 2008

Hispanics give birth to 20% of the babies in Washington state, outpacing all other ethnic and racial groups

August 17, 2008

Indigenous Central Americans increasingly fill ranks of farmworkers – New survey — “A Sustainable Bounty: Investing in Our Agricultural Future” — was conducted by the Washington State Farmworker Housing Trust

August 14, 2008

Spanish Radio Rocks the Vote – Pasco, Washington – (interesting 1st line: “The higher the Hispanic population, the lower the voter turnout, according to statistics from the Washington Secretary of State’s office.”)

August 7, 2008

Report: Seattle school district’s bilingual programs need overhaul – An outside review has found the Seattle School District’s programs for bilingual students among the weakest of urban programs around the country.

August 5, 2008

Three Latino construction workers who helped build homes throughout the Puget Sound area claim in a lawsuit that they were routinely cheated out of overtime pay and were required to work off the clock and to make cash “rebates” from their wages back to their employer.

July 29, 2008

Washington’s secretary of state’s Elections Division is sending out 3,500 voter registration forms printed in Spanish in an effort to reach out to Spanish-speaking voters.

July 23, 2008

Washington State Democrats Plan to Expand Their Base with the Latino Voter Project

July 16, 2008

CAUSA: Immigration Detention Worse than Prison at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington

May 14, 2008

Feds combing jails for illegal immigrants – (4,453 legal and illegal immigrants have been placed into removal proceedings in Washington State since June 2007)

January 31, 2008

Mexican workers sue Washington fruit company over wages

January 28, 2008

Where’s Hispanic outreach? – One radio station in Central Washington state offered two minutes of airtime to any candidate

January 24, 2008

Washington State’s Hispanic count up 31% – Rural communities see the fastest rise in Hispanic population.

December 9, 2007

Protester has tough time getting permit to burn Mexican flag outside Washington state Capitol

November 14, 2007

Latinos Pack Washington Hall for Summit – Event Draws Almost 500 Students to Centralia College – Washington State

November 12, 2007

In Seattle, 1100 stand up for media diversity in marathon hearing