Here for a weekend fundraiser for Gov. Jay Inslee’s re-election campaign, President Obama was interrupted by protesters calling for him to ban oil trains, the Stranger reports. In video of the incident, Obama didn’t directly address the substance of the interruption, instead saying, “Here’s what I love about the Democratic Party. No matter how much I do, I’ve always got a bigger to-do list.”
Earlier in the day, protestors, including former Seattle mayor Mike McGinn, were handing out stickers calling for a ban on oil trains. The same day, Inslee asked for a halt on oil train traffic from Union Pacific — the company whose trains derailed in Oregon on June 3 — and called for tighter regulations on oil trains.
“Watch: Oil Train Protesters Interrupt President Obama at Jay Inslee Fundraiser,” The Stranger
Two people were killed and two more wounded by an armed person in northwest Oregon today, according to an Associated Press report. The suspect was arrested near the small town of Mosier, the same town that saw the fiery oil train derailment on June 3. The local sheriff’s department said few details were available, including identities of the victims, whether or not they knew the shooter, or motives of the shooting.
“2 die in Oregon shooting; suspect arrested,” The Seattle Times
Researchers at Washington State University have come up with software that could help create new vaccines for cows, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports. The researchers used their software tool to analyze bacteria strains, to better develop effective vaccines to make cattle safe. This work, on a tick-borne bacteria, has important implications for Washington’s animal products industries, which as a whole are worth multi billions of dollars.
“WSU creates software that could lead to livestock vaccine,” Puget Sound Business Journal
