This bill no doubt comes as a pushback to more and more attempts by the state to withhold information about students from their parents. Reps Klippert and Boehnke are among the 15 GOP leaders supporting this bill.
The network, known as NWCN to many in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, is "going dark" as they say in broadcasting, in January 2017. Going dark is the industry lingo when a station (TV, Radio) or a network goes off the air or ceases operations.
Recently, the Guardian Newspaper in England, Glenn Beck's The Blaze website, and other news sources, have uncovered information that appears to indicate that Facebook uses criteria that would suppress, or restrict, the number of people exposed to conservative news, information and topics.
In the wake of the legislature passing a new bill strengthening online consumer protection, the state's new Privacy Officer has some cautions for consumers.
The public is invited to meet many of the candidates running for local and state offices tonight at 7 p.m. at the Mid-Columbia Library branch at 1620 S. Union Street in Kennewick.