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J.B. Wogan

Staff Writer

J.B. Wogan -- Staff Writer. J.B. covers public programs aimed at addressing poverty and writes the monthly human services newsletter. He has also written for PolitiFact, The Seattle Times and Seattle magazine. He is the co-author of Peak Performance: How Denver's Peak Academy is saving millions of dollars, boosting morale and just maybe changing the world. (And how you can too!)

In 2010, the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association named him "News Writer of the Year" for his work at The Sammamish Review, a community weekly east of Seattle. J.B. is a graduate of Pomona College and has a master's in public policy from Johns Hopkins University. 

Oregon voters rejected a ballot measure that would have issued government ID cards to those without citizenship or legal presence.
It's now the third state to require businesses to pay workers when they have to take sick days.
The ballot measures follow a wave of mostly Democratic states lifting wages for low-income workers after federal inaction.
Arkansas voters approved a ballot measure that combined popular ethics reforms with an extension of term limits for state lawmakers.
Voters will decide whether to add language in the state constitution intended to give higher legal protections to gun rights.
Even though most Americans support raising the minimum wage, most Republican-run states so far haven't done so.
If not for government assistance, millions more would be impoverished, according to the latest data.
Only a few states take advantage of the federal matching funds intended to help employ food stamp users.
Even though an increasing share of eligible voters are Hispanic, a new study suggests that for several reasons, they won't impact most governors races in November.
Three states are putting the issue to voters in November, including one measure that would criminalize abortion.