Inslee taps former judge to lead new agency investigating police use of deadly force
Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed a former federal prosecutor and King County Superior Court judge to lead the new Office of Independent Investigations, which was formed by the Washington Legislature to probe shootings by police statewide. Roger Rogoff was recommended for the post after a national search by an advisory board of 11 people, chosen by Inslee last year, that included county prosecutors, police trainers, defense attorneys, police reformers, experienced investigators and the father of a victim of police violence. The office is the first of its kind in the country, and Inslee believes it will be a model for other states. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Greg Gilbert)
Washington, other abortion-friendly states prep for more patients if Roe falls
With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to let states tightly limit or ban abortion, reproductive rights advocates are planning to open new clinics or expand existing ones in states where lawmakers are not clamping down on access. Some Democrat-led states in the West and Northeast also are proposing public money for an expected influx of people traveling from other places to terminate pregnancies…The Supreme Court is expected to rule next month in a case directly challenging Roe. Continue reading at The Associated Press.
Can’t find infant formula? WA Department of Health offers tips to help struggling families
Families throughout Washington state have been impacted by the nationwide infant formula shortage since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. But that problem has been exacerbated by the February recall of several baby formula products due to possible contamination and the voluntary closure of the nation’s largest manufacturing plant of baby formula in Michigan. Though Abbott Laboratories reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on restarting the Michigan plant, it likely will be weeks before it is back up to speed and formula from the facility begins to return to store shelves. Continue reading at The Olympian.
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