State says schools will reopen this fall
Washington’s schools chief said Thursday that he expects school districts to reopen buildings and return to in-person learning next school year, as long as public health guidelines allow them to do so. The goal: Resume regular, face-to-face schedules for most or all students at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year. Continue reading at The Yakima Herald. (Amanda Ray)
Trump fumes, threatens over festive protest zone in Seattle
Following days of violent confrontations with protesters, police in Seattle have largely withdrawn from part of a neighborhood where protesters have created a festival-like scene that has President Donald Trump fuming. Continue reading at The Everett Herald. (Ted S. Warren)
Cities Grew Safer. Police Budgets Kept Growing.
In Boston, Los Angeles and Milwaukee, about one in every 10 dollars of local government spending goes to the police. In Minneapolis, it’s about one in every 20 dollars. American society has not settled on what that number should be — how much of a priority the police ought to have, alongside schools and parks and housing and health care. But the police share of spending has grown over the past 40 years, even as cities have become far safer. Continue reading at The New York Times. (Quoctrung Bui)
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