Category Archives: In the News

OLYMPIA – Washington state lawmakers are looking at how the state is addressing gender-based violence and supporting survivors. During a press conference Feb. 13, Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, said we are facing a “worldwide reckoning” after the release of the ...

“Recognizing these important holidays is about belonging,” Sen. Manka Dhingra said of the bill. Dhingra, the nation’s first Sikh legislator elected to any state legislator, is the prime sponsor of the bill. “This bill is about acknowledging our state’s religious and ...

A rural hospital along the Idaho border has been feeling the pinch from an influx of people coming from outside Washington who, under state law, can receive free health care there. “Our margins are already very, very thin,” said Newport ...

OLYMPIA — As Valentine’s Day arrives, Washington lawmakers are drawing attention to a stark reality behind the holiday’s celebration of love: 1 in 8 adults in the state report being injured by an intimate partner. At a Friday news conference, legislators ...

The Washington state Senate approved legislation Thursday to set stricter eligibility standards for sheriffs and other police leadership, weeks after a sheriff’s comments on the bill left some lawmakers feeling threatened. The contentious measure also looks to give the state ...

For years, crime victim advocates in Washington have fought for state funding to make up for dwindling federal dollars. This year will be no different. These advocates are asking for a minimum of $21.4 million to keep their organizations afloat. But Gov. Bob ...

OLYMPIA — “Here in this Washington, we will not turn our backs on our immigrant communities,” Sen. Manka Dhingra said to a clamorous crowd on the Capitol’s north steps. “This is what America looks like.” Under a gray sky, roughly 300 people ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Legislature is considering legislation to establish a Purple Alert system for missing vulnerable adults, prompted by an Arlington family’s desperate search for their son and the advocacy of local high school students. Jonathan Hoang, ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law HB 1052 on Monday—it’s a bill aimed at improving accountability in hate crime cases. The law, championed by King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion, will help address confusion in current hate crime statutes and ...

The Washington state Senate adopted a resolution Monday honoring the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Senate Resolution 8648 states that Indigenous women and girls in Washington and nationwide face disproportionate rates of violence, disappearance and homicide. Washington ranks ...