Washington Supreme Court unanimously OKs tax on big banks
The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld a new tax on big banks aimed at providing essential services and improving the state’s regressive tax system. The 1.2% business and occupation surtax — a tax added on top of other taxes — was passed by the Legislature in 2019. It applies to banks that make more than $1 billion in annual profits, but it is assessed only on their economic activity in Washington. Continue reading at Everett Herald. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Killings by police are undercounted by more than half, new study says
More than half of police killings in the United States over the past 40 years have been mislabeled, according to a new study, leading to a stark undercount of deaths at the hands of officers and a lopsided perception of what experts say is a public health crisis. Researchers from the University of Washington found that from 1980 to 2019, more than 55 percent of 31,000 deaths attributed to police violence were assigned other causes in official federal death data. Black men are killed by police at disproportionately high rates, and their deaths are mislabeled at higher rates than for any other race, according to the study, which was published Thursday in the Lancet, a peer-reviewed medical journal. Continue reading at The Washington Post. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Washington DOC ends use of solitary confinement as punishment after study shows it doesn’t work
People incarcerated at Washington state correctional facilities will no longer be subjected to disciplinary segregation — being put in solitary confinement as a punishment — after state officials determined it is not effective.The state Department of Corrections made the announcement on Thursday, although the new practice has been in effect for the past two weeks, according to a news release. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times)
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