As Washington lawmakers try to reshape how the state deals with substance-use disorder, a Senate bill is advancing that would make most drug possession a gross misdemeanor instead of a felony, while also encouraging substance-use treatment. Lawmakers earlier this month voted Senate Bill 5536 out of the Senate ...
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OLYMPIA, WA - Twenty percent of all murders in Washington State are the result of domestic violence. A quarter of rapes and more than half of simple assaults are as well. Washington State legislators held a press conference today at the State Capitol to discuss domestic violence proposals under consideration ...
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Police could call judges at a domestic violence crime scene to issue no-contact orders, and a cold case unit would be formed to examine cold cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women under several bills under consideration by Washington legislators. Lawmakers held a bipartisan news conference Tuesday to highlight a collection ...
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The Redmond Police Department implemented new GPS technology last month that has helped result in three arrests. The technology, called StarChase, uses a high-powered air compressor mounted on a police car to fire a GPS tracker at the fleeing vehicle. The tracker, which is coated in an industrial-strength adhesive, sticks to ...
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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 are a variety of bills to combat domestic violence ...Read More
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 Majority Leader Andy Billig, D-Spokane.
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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 reviewing key aspects of the case such as witnesses and evidence, ...
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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 state Sen. Manka Dhingra, the bill's prime sponsor. Dhingra, a ...Read More
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 no body to bury. Her remains were recovered over 30 years after ...
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