How a Washington agency is trying to get housing built on public land
Washington’s Department of Natural Resources owns more than 7,000 acres of “transition land” scattered across the state. Most of this property is surrounded by development, leaving it unsuitable for timber sales – the department’s largest source of revenue from the roughly 5.6 million acres it manages. As the state tries to figure out what to do with these oddball parcels, some see an opportunity to build more housing at a time when it’s badly needed. Continue reading at WA State Standard. (Getty)
In wake of ‘Blake,’ 1,500 drug convictions scrubbed in Snohomish County
More than 200,000 cases statewide needed to be adjudicated again due to the Blake decision, said Grace O’Connor, managing attorney for the Blake Defense Program. The state Office of Public Defense set up the program specifically to deal with the legal headaches the Blake decision created. But some things the courts cannot fix. They can’t get former inmates their time back or their lives back on track. Continue reading at Everett Herald. (Olivia Vanni)
Port Angeles pharmacy becomes first in Washington state approved for abortion drug mifepristone
A pharmacy in Port Angeles on the Olympic Peninsula just became the first in the state to announce publicly that it will begin dispensing mifepristone — the first of two drugs used in most medication abortions. This marks a big change for a drug most people once had to go to a doctor’s office to get. Continue reading at KUOW. (Charlie Neibergall)
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