en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Population headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 A troubled housing market isn't keeping people from moving to Seattle, but difficulty selling homes elsewhere has slowed population growth here over the past year, according to new estimates from the state Office of Financial Management. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369380_population03.html Economy Population Washington 07/03/2008 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Almost half the states have jumped off the federal government’s abstinence-only sex education bandwagon, turning down millions of dollars in grant money for programs that require schools to teach teenagers that sexual activity outside of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects. http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=119055&sid=1&fid=1 Human Health Population Oregon 06/29/2008 Eugene Register Guard Richmond’s foreign-born population now outnumbers its Canadian-born one; in Burnaby, 50.8 percent of its population are foreign-born; and Surrey now boasts the fastest growing number of foreign-born residents, placing it second in total to the City of Vancouver. http://www.straight.com/article-151147/immigrants-fuel-bcs-population-growth Population British Columbia 06/25/2008 Georgia Straight The flow of cash sent from the U.S., which over the years has helped pave the main road, build a basketball court, and construct or renovate almost every home in a 500-person village in Michoacán, Mexico, has suddenly become a trickle. http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0620/p01s01-woam.html Population United States 06/20/2008 Christian Science Monitor A Portland carpooling project saved -- according to its own chest-thumping claims -- 3,000 tons of CO2 over five years. That's pathetic -- we could have accomplished the same thing by slowing metro-area population growth by 30 people a year. http://www.oregonlive.com/commentary/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1213230316208470.xml&coll=7 Climate Environment Population Oregon 06/18/2008 Portland Oregonian Known as Oregon's birthplace and in the 1970s as a battleground over land use, the north Willamette Valley's French Prairie is again poised to make history. Growth pressures are causing planners and others to consider commercial development south of the Willamette River's big S-bend, long considered "a hard edge" to contain urban growth and preserve farmland. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1213426525256710.xml&coll=7 Population Oregon 06/15/2008 Portland Oregonian First-generation college students - students whose parents don't have degrees - are a demographic that continues to puzzle educators. Studies show that more first-generation students are pouring into the country's community colleges and universities than ever before. But those students are also struggling to find a place in academia - more than half of the first-generation students who enroll in college never graduate. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/367082_first14.html Population United States 06/14/2008 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Crafting a new federal role for metropolitan America, one that recognizes the importance not just of cities but entire metropolitan areas, together with the idiosyncrasies and differing strengths of each region, is at the heart of a major report the Brookings Institution released Thursday at a summit of mayors, county officials, and business and civic leaders in Washington. Ultimately, its goal is to revolutionize the way the US views its metropolises. http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0613/p03s01-usgn.html Economy Population Sustainable Living United States 06/12/2008 Christian Science Monitor Eligible seniors can receive $40 worth of fruits, vegetables and edible herbs if they pick up vouchers this Saturday or June 21 at the Vancouver or Battle Ground farmers markets. http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/06/06122008_Program-gives-seniors-vouchers-for-fresh-produce.cfm Food & Farms Population Solutions Washington 06/12/2008 Vancouver Columbian