WA panel now will consider past offenses when deciding whether to take an officer’s badge
The newly expanded Criminal Justice Training Commission, its membership now including relatives of people who died at the hands of police, on Wednesday voted to increase the commission’s ability to take the badges and guns of troubled law enforcement officers even if the wrongdoing occurred years ago and went unpunished at the time. The commission voted 14-4 in favor of applying the provisions of Senate Bill 5051, passed by the state Legislature last year, to all future police decertification actions, regardless of when the misconduct occurred. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Bettina Hansen)
New student loan program in works with Inslee signature
Washington must develop a state student loan program for residents under a bill signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday. The new law requires the Washington Student Achievement Council, along with the Office of the State Treasurer and the State Investment Board, to develop a program that will issue student loans with interest rates of 1% or lower to resident students with financial need who are pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree. Loans will start being awarded in the 2024-2025 academic year. Continue reading at The Spokesman-Review. (Dan Pelle)
Inslee signs new bills on catalytic converters, hazing and more
Gov. Jay Inslee is expected Thursday to sign supplements to the state’s operating and capital budgets that will pour billions of additional dollars into education, health care, transportation and housing. Lawmakers approved a two-year, $59.1 billion operating budget last April. The supplemental plan in front of Inslee adds roughly $6.2 billion in new spending in the budget cycle that runs through June 30, 2023. Continue reading at The Everett Herald.
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