Category Archives: In the News

14 Feb
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KXLY: Lawmakers, advocates call for adequate funding, stronger protections for domestic violence survivors

SPOKANE, Wash. — Lawmakers and advocates say Washington is not doing enough when it comes to protecting domestic violence and funding life-saving services. In a press conference Tuesday, they urged for more state legislation to help stop the violence. There ...

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09 Feb
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Spokesman-Review: Washington Senate panel approves bill to make drug possession gross misdemeanor

OLYMPIA – The Legislature is moving forward with a proposal to fix the state’s drug possession laws after a Senate panel on Thursday approved a bill with a larger focus on treating addiction . The bill has 15 co-sponsors, including Senate ...

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06 Feb
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King 5: Big companies must share efforts to stop human trafficking under bill

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Large businesses operating in Washington state would be required to disclose efforts to eradicate human trafficking within their supply chains under a proposed Senate bill. SB 5541 would require every seller and manufacturer with more than $75 million ...

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26 Jan
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Daily Evergreen: New Senate Bill to create cold case unit for missing and murdered Indigenous women and people

Proposed legislation in the Washington State legislature would create a cold-case investigations unit through the Attorney General’s Office for missing and murdered Indigenous women and people. Cold case units or squads are responsible for working unsolved homicides which may include ...

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26 Jan
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The Inlander: High schoolers urge Washington lawmakers to eliminate gender-based pricing discrimination

Washington could stop businesses from pricing products differently simply because of the gender they’re marketed to — like those pink razors that are basically the same as their blue counterparts but cost more. That’s what Senate Bill 5171 would do, says ...

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24 Jan
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Seattle Times: WA legislators work further on issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women

OLYMPIA — Earlier this month, Charlene Tillequots attended a funeral service for her close childhood friend for the second time. The first service was decades ago. At the time, the friend had been missing for seven years and there was ...

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24 Jan
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Crosscut: The high school students behind the bill to end WA’s ‘pink tax’

A group of Kirkland high school students say it’s time for Washington to join New York and California in making gender based pricing illegal. Gender-based pricing costs women approximately $2,300 per year on average. According to a New York Consumer Affairs ...

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21 Jan
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Everett Herald Editorial: Slow roll on changes to state’s police pursuit law

For months before the start of the state legislative session, a oft-stated priority for law enforcement agencies and local public officials have been changes to a 2021 law — among a slate of policing reforms adopted that year — that ...

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20 Jan
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Stranger: Cops Want to Endanger Innocent Lives by Making Car Chases Easier

If you watch TV news or consume any local social media about crime in Washington, chances are you’ve seen a video like this, where the cops blame a 2021 law restricting their authority to chase down suspects for a rise in ...

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18 Jan
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CNN: Washington state bill would make period-tracking apps follow privacy laws in reflection of post-Roe fears

A bill introduced by Democrats in Washington’s state legislature would prevent private health data that is collected by apps – particularly those that track menstrual cycles – from being shared without consumers’ consent.

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