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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. 

Alabama state officials have agreed to a settlement that guts most of the controversial provisions in the toughest anti-immigration law in the country.
In the nation's first local election with 16-year-olds voting, many teens took advantage of their new right to cast a ballot this week.
Voters approved a constitutional amendment that increases the state's minimum wage to $8.25 and ties future increases to inflation.
Seattle voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made the city one of a handful that match private contributions with public funds in council races.
A temporary boost in food stamp benefits expired on Nov. 1. Now hungry families must turn to food banks and other public programs for help.
A November ballot measure would make New Jersey the 11th state to index its minimum wage to cost-of-living increases.
Oklahoma is one of only a few states in which one executive oversees both cornfields and oil fields.
A ballot measure in Seattle is asking voters to make it one of a handful of cities that uses public funds to pay for city council races.
Researchers updated the federal tool for measuring poverty and found more Californians can't afford a basic standard of living.
Connecticut may be the first state in the nation to purchase a pro tennis tournament. The deal has its skeptics, but Gov. Dan Malloy and other state officials say it will generate millions.