Seattle bills would limit ICE, WA's multibillion dollar culvert fix is helping salmon return, and an exhibit of Coast Salish art in Vancouver. It's your daily roundup of news, arts & culture from across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

For Valentine's Day 💘 read about how three cities in #Cascadia are poised to introduce bills that would prohibit discrimination in employment and housing for people who practice #polyamory: www.cascadia-journal.com/polyamory-ri...

Um, the Salvation Army? Not a great look, KCRHA.

The cities of Olympia, Portland, and Seattle could soon pass bills that would extend anti-discrimination protections to people in polyamorous or non-monogamous relationships. An exclusive story at #Cascadia Journal: www.cascadia-journal.com/polyamory-ri...

Had a fun time talking with @janehu.bsky.social and @mhgreen3000.bsky.social about Cascadia, soft secession, withholding money from the feds, and other bills in the legislature.

Good morning, #Cascadia! Snow pack is at record lows in the Cascades, ICE is looking to expand in Tukwila, tribes sue feds over Columbia and Snake dams, and a longtime Portland orchestra calls it quits: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Decided to play hooky and go skate skiing at Cabin Creek. Cascadia Journal will return tomorrow! ❄️

Help find Frank. He was kidnapped by ICE on his way to work and was in the NW Detention Center in Tacoma, WA. actionnetwork.org/letters/find...

Write to Mayor and Council: ICE out of Vancouver! www.votecope.ca/no-ice It's vitally important that our municipal government take a clear stand against any potential ICE presence here during the World Cup this summer. Let’s make sure it’s a unanimous vote at City Council. #vanpoli

Updated tonight: @andyengelson.bsky.social reports for PubliCola that the city of Seattle has reached a settlement with the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, the 23-year-old killed by a speeding SPD officer, totaling at least $29 million. publicola.com/2026/02/10/c...

Seattle reaches a $29 million settlement in death of pedestrian killed by SPD officer, school shooting devastates a small BC town, and Seattle Symphony's new musical director, Xian Zhang, shakes up classical music. It's your roundup of news from #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

BREAKING: The city of Seattle has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, who was struck and killed by a Seattle police officer in 2023. No word on the the details of the settlement. publicola.com/2026/02/10/c...

The Stillaguamish Tribe has been buying back ceded lands for floodplain restoration, benefiting salmon and nearby farmers. “It is a bit of a bitter pill to swallow to buy back the land that we essentially traded for the resource, the fish, but it's what we have to do to get things back on track."

Join La Resistencia and Immigrant Rights are Human Rights UW Seattle for the vigil at 7pm to be in solidarity with Steven. La Resistencia urges ICE and GEO to meet Steven’s demands immediately! #AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL

Tribes work create salmon habitat on the Stillaguamish River, WA's millionaire tax moves forward, BC Greens leave coalition with NDP, and Oregon Book Award finalists announced. It's your roundup of news & culture from across the #Cascadia #bioregion: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

NEW: Washington state senate Ways & Means committee passes SB 6346, a tax on millionaires, moving it forward to the rules committee. Tim Eyman makes some noise in the chamber after the vote and is escorted out, leaving his chair behind.

#OnThisDay in 2010, British Columbia announced official approval of the name "Salish Sea" historylink.org/File/20344

Scientists say it will take thousands of acres of restored habitat to help Puget Sound Chinook swim off the endangered-species list.

Cascadia and Bad Bunny win the Super Bowl, Portland's $106 million in unspent housing funds, WA decline in insured not as bad as expected, and how to celebrate Black History Month in Seattle. It's your daily roundup of news and culture from across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Capitol Hill celebrating its first Super Bowl win under a socialist mayor

#Cascadia for the win! 💙🤍💚

You have just ONE HOUR LEFT to sign your name in "Pro" for the hearing on the Millionaires Tax today! Stand with working people across WA to demand a fairer tax code and funding for education, health care, and the Working Families Tax Credit: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

Oregon activists rally for taxes on the wealthy, private contractor running Tacoma ICE facility sued for abuse & assault, snow pack in #PNW is at record lows, and NW Film Forum has a new director. It's your daily #Cascadia news roundup! www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Today ~3000 students walked out of class to rally and march at Seattle City hall to demand ‘ICE OUT OF SCHOOLS’ Rightwingers are gonna say this is astroturfed, but I talked to several students, all of them said it had been organized with chats they have created among each other

Court rules ICE can't make arrests without warrants in OR, OR court rules charges must be dismissed for those without a public defender, WA legislature waters down license plate reader bill, and Olympic marmots needs protecting. Your #Cascadia news roundup! www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

The hardest part of my daily newsletter to fill is the arts & culture slot. So much coverage in our region has been absolutely decimated in the last decade. 😢

This is a very big deal. Oregon has been in the midst of a severe public defender crisis, with people incarcerated for long periods of time without legal representation.

One common question I get when talking about Cascadia independence is: what places are actually included in #Cascadia? My answer depends on whether we're talking about the bioregion or the movement for political autonomy: www.cascadia-journal.com/what-places-...

Turns out surging capital gains revenue will give OR legislators $156 million more in the budget than they anticipated. But the state will still need a lot more measures to deal with Trump administration cuts...

Hanford starts cleanup of highly radioactive mess, judge prohibits ICE from using non-lethal munitions on peaceful protesters, BC faces an austerity budget, and this is Seattle's greatest year in sports. It's your #Cascadia news roundup! www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

One of the most radical things you can do is switch to open source software on your computer and your phone.

Every year, I wonder what if anything Democratic leadership in Olympia is doing with their solid majorities other than protecting the status quo. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/02/03/t...

This is why the correct term for them is "goons."

Feds lied about shooting of two immigrants in Portland, WA and OR propose new taxes, BC is halting plan that would make polluters pay for cleanups, and short stories imagine a future eruption of Tahoma. It's your daily news roundup from #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets. These are their stories:

#Cascadia Journal is here for ripping things up root and branch.

This is cruel, scientifically unsound, and will kill millions worldwide. If there's ever an independent, free #Cascadia, we'll work to ensure that the tax dollars of Oregon and Washington residents support global health initiatives like Gavi's.

Cascadia Journal previously reported on this effort to disconnect Oregon's income tax from the federal tax code.

This is not surprising.

ICE gasses children in Portland, OR legislature opens session today, a renewable energy project completed by a First Nation on northern Vancouver Island, and fiction about queer parenting by Portland's Sara Jaffe. It's your daily #Cascadia news roundup: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Fuck ICE

Vancouver BC-based billionaire Jim Pattison, who owns the local grocery chain Save On Foods, has decided against selling a Virginia property he own to ICE, after threat of a store boycott by BC Greens and other activists: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

There's a request for $5 million in the WA state budget to help fund Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network's deportation response hotline. Might wanna let your legislators know this is a good idea... southseattleemerald.org/news/2026/01...

Seattle Area protests: 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 1/30 * 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗯𝗲𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 12:00–2:00pm, rally and vigil to honor Alex Pretti, Coupville Overpass Bridge, led by Whidbey Island nurses. * 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲, 1:30pm, Target Must Stop Enabling ICE Terror, Pike and 2nd (in front of Target), @troublemakers.bsky.social

In today's #Cascadia news, OR seeks to limit ICE access to hospitals, Oregon set a new record for high school graduations, and the Seattle playwright who pulled her Kennedy Center performance speaks out: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

The Washington state Senate voted Wednesday to ban law enforcement from covering their faces in response to growing concerns over masked federal immigration agents. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/28/w...

"I won't stand on the sidelines nor pretend that I don't have an agenda. Above all, I seek to protect and defend everyone who lives here." www.cascadia-journal.com/which-side-a...

Good morning! WA senate passes a bill banning police masking, Tacoma hospital stops gender-affirming care, Seattle leads US in building affordable apartments and Portland author Renee Watson wins Newbery Medal. It's your roundup of news from across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Good morning! Here's the latest news from across #Cascadia: Amazon to lay off 16,000 workers, court rules that Seattle police record request system is illegal, and a new book from Melissa and Zahid Chaudhry: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...