State announces where $16.4 million in asylum-seeker aid will go
Washington’s Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance announced unprecedented investments this week to create a more coordinated response to the state’s growing asylum-seeker crisis. Although King County first began seeing an increase in new arrivals nearly two years ago, the state’s $16.4 million distribution to more than 20 organizations marks the first large-scale effort to try to address asylum-seekers’ growing housing and legal needs. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Ken Lambert)
PNW tribal fish hatcheries get big boost from Biden administration
The Department of Interior and Commerce invested $240 million in fish hatcheries that directly support tribes in the Pacific Northwest. As part of the Invest in America agenda put forth by the Biden administration, the money will directly support Pacific salmon and steelhead fisheries essential to tribal communities. The investment is part of an agreement the administration and tribal communities in the Upper Columbia River Basin made to restore the salmon population to abundant levels. Continue reading at KIRO 7. (Jeff T. Green)
State to start investigating deadly police encounters
The State of Washington is about to change the way it investigates deadly police encounters. Starting December 1, the state’s Office of Independent Investigations will head up inquiries into cases where police are involved in deadly incidents. Currently, when a police officer kills someone, detectives from an outside neighboring or surrounding agency conduct the investigation. In 2021 state legislators voted to change that and created the new agency to handle all deadly use of force investigations. Continue reading at King 5.
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