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Washington lawmakers have wrapped up their 2019 legislative session. We talk with OPB’s Olympia-based reporter Austin Jenkins about some of the significant laws they passed, including changes to affirmative action, renewable energy, healthcare and when the state holds its presidential primary.
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For the loved ones of people experiencing a mental health crisis, it can be difficult to navigate the system and know what to do to help. Javonnie Shearn has been struggling for years to provide the right care for her adult son. She’s on the advisory board of the Oregon State Hospital, and she’s launching a new program to help families of people experiencing a mental health crisis or mental illness. It’s called Someone’s Someone.
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The Whitney Biennial exhibition of modern art begins in a month, and they’ve only invited one artist from the Northwest. Marcus Fischer is a Portland musician and artist who has been making music for decades. He constructs landscapes of sound out of repeating tape loops and ambient melodies and turns those into installation art pieces.
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