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What is an attorney general? They’re more attorney than general

“The easiest way that I’ve been able to describe it is to say the attorney general is the lawyer for the entire state,” said Gregoire, attorney general from 1993 to 2005. “It...

Dueling Israel-Palestine protests on UW campus remain peaceful

The event was led by Pursuit NW, a nondenominational Christian church with locations in Snohomish, Kirkland and on Greek row in the U District. The church’s head pastor, Russell Johnson, has voiced...

Dueling Israel/Palestine protests on UW campus remain peaceful

The event was led by Pursuit NW, a nondenominational Christian church with locations in Snohomish, Kirkland and on Greek row in the U District. The church’s head pastor, Russell Johnson, has voiced...

Tensions escalate between UW demonstrators and Charlie Kirk fans

“Our priority was to ensure the safety of all students, faculty, staff and visitors to our campus during what we anticipated could be a tense evening, and we took steps to maintain...

Mayor Bruce Harrell talks SCOTUS homelessness case and SPD culture

How would you rate the CARE department at this point?I think they’re awesome. And I think Chief Amy Smith is doing a magnificent job of both recruiting the right people and the...

The multimillion-dollar fight over WA’s cap-and-invest program

Heywood loaned Let’s Go Washington another $157,000 in 2024, according to the PDC. Let’s Go Washington’s top donors in 2024 are Bellevue-based Kemper Holdings, led by prominent businessman Kemper Freeman Jr. ($100,000),...

Facing shortages, WA expands police trainings and fronts the bill

The four-and-a-half-month course includes 720 classroom and training hours. Subjects include patrolling, psychology, field tactics, driving, communication and de-escalation skills, criminal law, serving court orders, searches and seizures, Miranda warnings, crime scene...

Legislature decides WA schools should include LGBTQ+ history

School boards would also be asked to comply with a model policy, and adopt a curriculum that includes the perspectives and experiences of historically marginalized groups, including diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, racial and...

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