Top Stories + Washington Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

June 15, 2009

Jason Bush, Shawna Forde, and Albert Gaxiola of the Minutemen American Defense group have been charged with two counts each of first-degree murder and other charges. The three are said to have murdered Raul Junior Flores, his 9 year old daughter, Brisenia, and injured her mother during a home invasion attack on May 30th in the Arizona border town of Arivaca.

April 27, 2009

A federal judge has awarded about $235,000 to more than 600 Latino farm workers who accused a farm labor contractor and two Yakima Valley growers of violating federal labor laws.

December 22, 2008

There’s no stopping the shopping for Valley Latinos – Valley’s Latino consumers appear to buck national economic slowdown – Yakima, Washington

May 27, 2008

A Washington town confronts its language barrier – In a program seen as a bellwether, the Justice Department steps in with a formal plan to bridge the English-Spanish divide in Mattawa.

April 22, 2008

U.S. immigration laws sapping trade, businesses say – in Washington state

September 27, 2007

Sue CASA – Right-Wing D.C. Group Makes Case Against CASA Latina – Seattle

July 29, 2007

Washington’s Franklin County first Hispanic-majority county in Northwest USA

May 22, 2007

Marchex en espanol – buying more than 100 Spanish-language Web sites

March 25, 2007

Washington yanks Latino passage from statewide exams

December 6, 2006

Class finds Washington Hispanics lack political representation