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Lauren Gallup

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Covers:  Environment, education, arts & culture, human interest, labor, immigration, housing, goverment
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Lauren Gallup is a reporter based in the south sound region. She often covers labor, housing, environmental issues, and the arts, but she’s really most drawn to the stories of her community.

Prior to joining the public media world, she was a reporter for Sound Publishing covering Kitsap County government and schools. She has written for South Sound Magazine and 425 Magazine and is a graduate of Western Washington University.

When she’s not in the field or at her desk, she’s probably walking do…

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Pierce County is creating a solar array on an old landfill on the Key Peninsula

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By Lauren Gallup Verified
| KNKX-FM (Tacoma, WA) Verified
There's not much that can be done with closed landfills. When these sites fill up with garbage, they are capped with layers of soil, clay and plastic liners. As the garbage decomposes, the ground can shift and become unsteady. Disturbing the capped landfill can release fumes like methane. Still, some have found opportunity on these sites. Places across the country have turned old landfills into solar array fields, including one in New Jersey that has been operating since 2015.
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A measure to increase tax revenue for Pierce Transit will be on the November ballot

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By Lauren Gallup Verified
| KNKX-FM (Tacoma, WA) Verified
The Pierce Transit Board voted Monday to send a measure to the November ballot that would increase the amount people pay in sales tax for transit funding. If voters approve the measure, the transit agency plans to use the funding to operate buses for longer hours, add special event service and make bus service more frequent, among other expanded offerings and improvements. New routes would be added to downtown, Northeast and East Tacoma, and a seasonal route would serve Ruston.
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The World Cup spotlights Indigenous cultures

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By Lauren Gallup Verified
| Alabama Public Radio (Tuscaloosa, AL) Verified
As the World Cup comes to the Pacific Northwest, Indigenous people are welcoming fans with ceremonies, music and culture while sharing the history of the land. Lauren Gallup reports from Seattle.
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