As soon as the governor signs off on it, Washington will set up a new alert system for missing and endangered Indigenous people. The alert system, which will be the first of its kind in the nation, will be similar ...
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (KOMO) — Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday signed into law what he calls improvements to police reform laws passed last year after hearing repeatedly from law enforcement agencies about what they said was confusion over what officers could ...
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Dear neighbors, It is so important that everyone in our state have access to justice. In recent years, the Washington Supreme Court has been taking great strides to make our court system easier to navigate for people who have limited ...
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OLYMPIA – Carrying guns and other weapons could soon become prohibited in Washington at schools, local government meetings and election-related facilities. The state Senate passed a bill 28-20 on Tuesday that bans open carry and concealed carry in a number ...
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The state legislature is considering a bill, sponsored by State Senator Manka Dhingra (D-Seattle), that would expand where courthouse facility dogs can go, helping traumatized witnesses who testify in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. If passed, the bill (SB ...
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Dear neighbors, We’re halfway through the 2022 legislative session! Please join all three lawmakers from the 45th District—Rep. Larry Springer, Rep. Roger Goodman and me—for a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24. We will be reporting ...
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OLYMPIA – Residents on the east side of Lake Washington would see major improvements to their transportation infrastructure because of legislation passed by the Senate today. “Whether we live in Bothell or Bellevue, Redmond or Renton, we are all interconnected ...
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OLYMPIA – The Washington State Senate on Thursday passed a resolution honoring the contributions of Sikh Americans to the culture and history of Washington state and the United States. The measure was sponsored by Sen. Mona Das (D-Kent), who spoke ...
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School closures, remote work, isolation. Inflation, wildfires, a heat wave. It’s all adding up: Washingtonians’ mental well-being has been profoundly disrupted since the pandemic landed here two years ago. And just when normalcy seemed near, omicron arrived. This legislative session, ...
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OLYMPIA – It has been a week of firsts in the Washington State Legislature. The swearing in of Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (D-Tacoma) on Monday, joining Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond) and Sen. Mona Das (D-Kent), marked the first time in American ...
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