Center for Latino Leadership is making headlines this week disrupting the narrative that Latinos belong to one political party.
Judge approves Washington’s new legislative district maps after court battle over Latino voting rights
By Jeanie Lindsay
Northwest News Network- Mar 16 2024
A federal judge has finally determined what legislative district boundaries will look like in central Washington. It comes after months of legal back and forth, following the decision last August that district maps drawn in 2021 would need.….Continue Reading
Agricultural overtime law still causing controversy
By Johanna Bejarano
NWPB- Jan 30, 2024
Farmworkers, farmers and advocates gathered at two events – all working to get lawmakers’ attention about a new agriculture overtime law. An annual tribunal defended farmworkers’ rights and the law. A separate rally focused on the negative impacts of the law. Farmworkers started the 11th Farmworkers Annual Tribunal with a….Continue Reading
'We don't wan't overtime': Moses Lake Senator joins WA farm workers' rally for overtime law reform in Olympia
Source ONE News staff- Jan 27, 2024
OLYMPIA - On Thursday, Jan. 25, the steps of the state capitol in Olympia resonated with bilingual chants of over 300 farmworkers protesting the state’s new overtime law. The crowd, composed largely of farm laborers, vocalized a clear message We don’t want overtime, overtime will not be paid, we want more hours!”….Continue Reading
Wenatchee orchard owners, workers rally in Olympia on overtime pay law
By Gabriel Garcia
World staff writer- Jan 26, 2024
OLYMPIA — Orchard industry leaders and workers traveled to the Washington State Capitol this week to ask lawmakers to change Senate Bill 5172, which requires overtime pay for agriculture workers. Agricultural employees were historically exempt from receiving overtime pay under state minimum wage law….Continue Reading
Seeking relief from ag overtime rules
By Ross Courtney, TJ Mullinax
Good Fruit Grower- Jan 19, 2024
The tree fruit industry has joined other Washington agricultural groups to ask state lawmakers — again — for a break on overtime. Given the Legislature’s Democratic majority, the odds are against them. “It’s a long shot,” said state Sen. Curtis King, a Yakima Republican sponsoring a bill to temporarily raise the overtime threshold….Continue Reading
Hundreds of farm workers to converge in Quincy, again to rally against new state Ag overtime law
Source ONE News staff- Oct 18,2023
QUINCY - In an ongoing response to the impact of Washington's new farming overtime law, hundreds of farm workers are anticipated to assemble for a second time at Quincy Valley Museum Park on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 4:30 pm. The recently implemented law has become a major point of contention for the farming ….Continue Reading
Farm workers to speak out against new WA farming overtime law in Quincy
By Will Wixey
KXLY- Oct 18, 2023
QUINCY, Wash. -- Hundreds of farm workers are meeting in Quincy to speak out about problems with Washington's new farming overtime law. According to Protect Farm Workers Now, the new overtime law has resulted in significant loss of take-home pay. Coupled with increased costs of living, Protect Farm Workers Now says….Continue Reading
Hundreds of migrant workers gather in Quincy to take stand against state's overtime farm labor law
Source ONE News staff- Oct 5, 2023
QUINCY - With their livelihoods reportedly at stake, hundreds of migrant farm workers appeared in solidarity against the state's new overtime law during a rally in Quincy on Thursday. Situated in the courtyard behind the Pioneer Church, the meeting was organized by the Center for Latino Leadership. The Washington….Continue Reading
Opinions vary on a controversial Yakima Valley legislative district that will be redrawn again
By Jasper Kenzo Sundeen
Yakima Herald-Republic- Oct 1, 2023
Ask Yakima Valley residents interested in state politics what they think of the state's 15th Legislative District and you'll get a mix of opinions. Controversy over the district erupted as the state's redistricting commission finalized its maps in 2021. The state was sued over it. Over the past few weeks, the governor….Continue Reading
‘Not all Latinos fit in a box’: Area leaders blast redrawing 15th district boundaries
By Brett Davis
The Center Square Sept- 29,2023
(The Center Square) – Conservative Latino leaders in Washington state are concerned that a federal court could redraw disputed 15th Legislative District boundaries in such a way as to leave Sen. Nikki Torres, R-Pasco, without her seat. Their fears are based on a ruling last month in Soto Palmer v. Hobbs by….Continue Reading
Center for Latino Leadership pushes back on WA redistricting map decision
By Emily Goodell
Apple Valley News- Sept 28, 2023
GRANDVIEW, Wash. — The Center for Latino Leadership is pushing back on a recent decision made on a lawsuit that invalidated the state’s political map for the 15th Legislative District. Earlier this year, a federal judge ruled the map was drawn in a way that unfairly split up Latino voters into different districts, making it….Continue Reading
Conservative Latino leaders wary of how disputed legislative district lines will be redrawn
By Jerry Cornfield
WA State Standard- Sept 28, 2023
Latino civic leaders on Thursday warned the redrawing of a Yakima Valley legislative district could do more harm than good for communities they represent in south-central Washington. They said they worry that when a federal judge finishes redoing the disputed map for the 15th Legislative District, it will cost….Continue Reading
'Everyone counts!' Census gets creative in Pierce County
By Amy Radil
KUOW NPR- Jan 31, 2020
Bus ads, senior center meals, and your kids’ homework ... just some of the places you will start seeing messages about getting counted in the upcoming U.S. census. In Pierce County, Washington, census experts estimate certain populations were undercounted by 10% in 2010, something they hope to prevent this…. Continue Reading
Bill needed to improve access to technology
By Maia Espinoza
Yakima Herald- Mar 22, 2017
Advanced telecommunications and broadband services improves lives, helping teachers give students access to new ideas and learning opportunities, enabling emergency responders to communicate patients’ conditions to doctors, and allowing small businesses to locate and compete anywhere.….Continue Reading