Here are 5 police reform bills that Washington state families are watching
As state lawmakers debate and vote on law enforcement reforms in Washington state, family members who have lost loved ones to police violence watch with optimism and concern. Legislators who’ve worked with them have listened compassionately, they say. But it’s actions that matter, and the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability is watching those actions carefully. Continue reading at The Olympian. (Steve Bloom)
Two decades after welcoming it, Tacoma fights to close the NW ICE Processing Center
More than 20 years ago, elected leaders in Tacoma gave their full support to a plan to build the privately operated facility that would become the Northwest ICE Processing Center. This week, a legislative effort designed in part to correct that grave mistake took a significant step toward becoming a reality. Continue reading at The News Tribune. (Peter Haley)
One year after seeing first COVID-19 death, Washington expected to surpass 5,000 this week
Washington is expected to surpass 5,000 COVID-19 deaths this week — almost exactly a year after the first was announced in the United States. But while the state absorbs that painful milestone, health officials are hopeful that a recent, consistent decline in deaths, combined with a ramp-up of vaccine distribution and continued masking and social distancing, mean better days are ahead. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Emily M. Eng)
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Remote Learning Task Force Addresses Issues Of Race And Equity
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Friendship House seeks to expand affordable housing program
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State agency drafting fish passage rules
Skagit PUD moving ahead on new headquarters
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Vaccine inequality and structural racist optics
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Supreme Court to debate voting rights case that advocates worry will limit access to polls
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Gov. Inslee signs relief bill waiving liquor license fees
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