Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families
The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race. Continue reading at Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
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Four years after Tacoma was crowned the hottest housing market in the U.S., the city has earned a more dubious distinction — the highest rate of financially strapped homeowners in any large Washington city. Continue reading at Seattle Times. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
Pride flags being stolen across Tacoma. Police investigating thefts as hate crimes
For Joe and Josh Hargrave, the LGBTQ Pride flag stolen from the second story of their Old Town Tacoma home was an attack on them. “This is who I am as a person,” Joe said. “That flag represents the core of me.” The Hargraves’ theft is one of at least nine Pride-flag thefts that occurred in Tacoma and Ruston last weekend. Tacoma police are investigating the thefts as hate crimes. Most of the thefts, according to Tacoma Police spokesperson Shelbie Boyd, were in the city’s North End. Continue reading at The News Tribune.
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