CWU student helps pass free speech bill

  • April 2, 2018

Washington State is now the 14th state to allow student journalists at high schools and colleges to write what they want without fear of administration retaliating.

A new law signed by Gov. Jay Inslee and a goal Central Washington University freshman and advocate Mariah Valles has been dreaming of for nearly four years.

"I heard horror stories of prior review, and I just really wanted to help people," said Valles.

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