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Where Seattle is on police reforms, one year after protests

But a year since George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis, feelings toward the ongoing consent decree — the bureaucratic term for the police oversight agreement between Seattle and the federal...

3 WA families on how new police laws could have helped their loved ones

According to court documents, Fife police showed up to Leonard Thomas’ home after he had told his mother that he was depressed over the death of a friend. Leonard had initially requested...

New laws aim to keep people from losing their homes in Washington

After Porter’s home was sold as part of her bankruptcy case, she ended up moving out of King County and resettling in Walla Walla, where she now rents an apartment.It’s a situation...

Washington state plans to drop all COVID restrictions June 30

“This does not mean that our state of emergency will end on June 30," Inslee said. “The virus is not done with us.”The Washington State Department of Health reports that more than...

Deported for drug charge, one man seeks U.S. reentry after Blake decision

Underpinning his exile is a single drug charge and the related charges that followed, all stemming from his now decades-gone addiction to methamphetamine. For years John had wondered if he could ever...

What phase are we in? King County staying in Phase 3 — for now

The difference between phases is mostly a matter of degree. In Phase 3, for example, restaurants may welcome people to dine inside at 50% of the establishment’s regular capacity. In Phase 2, that...

Washington Legislature charts ‘new beginning’ in climate change fight

‘Rooted in pollution’The first $357 million raised by cap and trade in 2024, its first full year of operation, would go to transportation projects. The Legislature couldn’t agree on a transportation proposal before...

Shaking hands may be the next partisan divide in Washington state

Democrats and Republicans differ on almost everything about the pandemic and its aftermath.Thirty-nine percent of Democrats had their job impacted versus 21% of Republicans. Seventy-three percent of Republicans never stopped gathering inside...

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