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Pierce County’s first report looking at use of force incidents by the sheriff’s department has been published. The study found Black residents experienced more than five times as much force as white residents, leading to about 87 additional incidents each year. And even though Black residents make up 7% of the sheriff’s department service area, Black residents represented 23% of physical use of force incidents. Continue reading at KNKX Public Radio. (Courtesy Of Pierce County)
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Child care in Washington state and in the U.S. is a broken economic system, according to providers and other experts. The pieces just don’t fit, despite small and large efforts to fix the problem. Even care that meets only minimum licensing standards is too expensive for many parents, yet child care providers cannot pay their workers a living wage. Continue reading at InvestigateWest. (Dan DeLong)
Seattle and Bellevue schools cancel classes for students Friday due to lack of staff
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