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For years, NeChole lived with the kind of pain that would stop her in her tracks. Lightning bolts would shoot down her leg, so painful it would bring her to her knees. She’s fallen many times because of it. Eventually she told her employer she couldn’t keep working until she could undergo surgery to fix the degenerative discs in her back causing this chaos. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Kevin Clark)
WA gun shop asks US Supreme Court to review high-capacity magazine ban
A Washington gun shop is taking its case against the state’s ban on the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gator’s Custom Guns in Kelso filed a petition this week, asking the high court to review the state Supreme Court’s decision in May upholding the controversial law. Supporters of the restriction see it as an important step for quelling gun violence. Walter Wentz, the Cowlitz County store’s owner, said Friday he hopes to convince the Supreme Court justices to “do their job and not accept all these lower courts waving their finger at them.” Continue reading at The Washington State Standard. (Alex Wong)
Immigrants urge Washington to address detentions, housing for asylum seekers
More than a dozen immigrants and advocates met with Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson’s policy advisers last week in Olympia. They are asking the state government to address immigrant detentions and housing issues affecting asylum seekers in the region. The group is asking for a state of emergency to be declared, to protect migrants from evictions and rent hikes. Continue reading at NWPB. (International Immigration Alliance)
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