A Backbone Campaign protest outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.

Btoo Halami and Nayyef Hrebid.

Captain John Hayes explains the "two languages everybody understands."

Abdishukri Fayoke (in cap), Ubah Warsame (in blue hijab) and friends show the flag at their Independence Day iftar.

Michael Mattmiller, the new CTO of the City of Seattle.

My grandfather, Jack Helsell, with the hay rake he made by hand.

Marchers have their say on a Seattle issue.

Carlos Padilla of Seattle (left) and Tania Santiago of Redmond speak in Olympia in support of a bill for undocumented students like themselves.

Former state Senator Ken Jacobsen

The Race for Results report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation tracks challenges for young people of different ethnic groups.

Gov. Jay Inslee

Sen. Rodney Tom (left) leads the Senate Majority Coalition Caucus and Sen. Mark Schoesler leads the Republicans, who form most of the coalition membership.

Sen. Barbara Bailey, center, chairs the Senate Higher Education Committee. With are committee members Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (left) and Sen. Randi Becker