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Hundreds gathered for Latino Legislative Day in Olympia to make sure the voices of the Latino community are heard by lawmakers.

Nina Martinez explains how LCA received funding from the Community Reinvestment Project (CRP) program specifically for their Family Youth Violence Intervention Program services. Martinez shares her experience advocating for timely reimbursement processes for community organizations like the Latino Civic Alliance, noting that the Department of Commerce has improved their payment timeline to a 30-day window after invoice submission. This improvement has helped the organization maintain sustainable operations.

The 2024 LDC U.S. Latino GDP Report, produced by the Latino Donor Collaborative and sponsored by Wells Fargo, offers groundbreaking insights into the immense economic power of the U.S. Latino community. Highlights key areas of growth and the significant contributions Latinos make across industries, entrepreneurship, and human capital.

Latino or Hispanic business owners capitalized on economic opportunity between 2017 and 2022, creating thousands of firms that benefited the communities they serve. In 2022, Latino or Hispanic individuals owned 7.9% of all employer businesses (those that employ at least one person)—a total of 465,202 firms.

“Mi compromiso con la comunidad latina sigue firme”, palabras del gobernador Bob Ferguson a la comunidad latina"

From bustling urban centers to small towns across the United States, the economic power and business potential of Latino communities is immense. Today, 19 percent of the US population identifies as Latino or Hispanic.

As civic leaders free from politics, we feel compelled to warn the city we love about this troublesome transportation tax of $1.5 billion.

This data brief, produced by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute research team, provides detailed information on Washington’s Latino population using the 2015-19 American Community Survey data.

Leading aerospace companies and research universities have joined nearly 50 area workforce training, venture capital, economic development, labor, tribal and government groups in the Inland Northwest to support establishing the American Aerospace Materials ManufacturingCenter (AAMMC).

A statewide Latino civil rights organization is setting down roots in Burien with a new community center and behavioral health clinic geared toward Latino youth and their families.

Community advocates believe a life-threatening assault on a 17-year-old was motivated by racism and hate, but prosecutors disagree. The decision to not charge a Burlington 19-year-old with a hate crime after he allegedly brutally beat a Hispanic teenager in March has sparked outrage in the Skagit County community.