Category Archives: In the News

05 Jan
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Patch: Washington’s 2021 Legislative Agenda Includes New Police Measures

OLYMPIA, WA — Democratic legislators on Tuesday filed three bills related to police accountability ahead of lawmakers convening an unusual 105-day session next week. Due to ongoing coronavirus precautions, this year’s 105-day legislative session will largely take place remotely, including ...

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03 Jan
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Seattle Times: New laws lead some Washington prosecutors to rethink three-strike life sentences

Clark County Judge James Ladley couldn’t seem to believe what he was hearing. Before him was John Letellier, a 47-year-old Navy veteran accused of what a former federal prosecutor would later call a “chippy robbery” of a Subway store, netting ...

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04 Dec
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TNT Editorial: The impact of Pierce County’s pandemic-related gun sales may surprise you

Not all businesses have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the nation gun stores are doing brisk business, and here in Pierce County, firearm sales have more than doubled in 2020. Inventory is flying off the shelves, according ...

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30 Nov
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The Center Square: Washington lawmakers eye stricter standards for hiring, firing, and trying cops

Washington lawmakers are looking to make it harder for police officers to take the stand in court or get rehired if their name is on a Brady list. Brady lists are disclosures of members of law enforcement whose involvement in ...

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24 Nov
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Olympian: Hospitality Association calls relief package a ‘start’ as legislators discuss more options

In the wake of new restrictions meant to curb a surge in COVID-19 and a $135 million economic relief package aimed at taming the economic ripple they’ll cause, lawmakers are discussing what more can be done to help the hospitality ...

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23 Nov
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Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: As smoke clears in Seattle from 2021 #defundSPD budget fight, state Democrats focus on bad cops

Monday, the City Council is set to hold its final vote on a 2021 budget for Seattle that will leave both #defundSPD and pro-police spending activists along with Mayor Jenny Durkan mostly unsatisfied. That is the nature of compromise. In the city, ...

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23 Nov
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KOMO: State lawmakers differ on whether special session is needed or wait until January

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The last time the Washington state legislature officially met was at the end of the regular session in March just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning in the state and the U.S. But as a new legislative session ...

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05 Nov
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IndiaWest: SALDEF Releases First-Ever National Sikh Survey: 96% Registered to Vote, Yet Majority Feel Alienated from Political System

Approximately 93 percent of Sikh American citizens are registered to vote, and 96 percent of those registered voters have said they are voting in the 2020 election Nov. 3, reported the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund in the ...

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23 Oct
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State of Reform: Task force discusses behavioral health recommendations for the governor

During a Behavioral Health Recovery System Transformation Task Force meeting on Friday morning, group members discussed the series of behavioral health recommendations they will submit to the governor’s office ahead of the next legislative session. The recommendations were developed during previous ...

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11 Aug
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425 Business: Meet Four Eastsiders to Know

Manka Dhingra Washington State Senator Always interested in history and politics, Washington State Sen. Manka Dhingra made history as the first person of the Sikh faith ever elected to any state legislature. She took the Eastside’s 45th District position during ...

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