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    Articles by Melissa Hellmann
    Gold 6 is assisting United Way by preparing taxes for low to median income Seattleites. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Brown
    Youth Help Low-Income Seattlelites File Taxes
    By Melissa Hellmann • March 6, 2018 10:15 am

    The AmeriCorps NCCC offers free tax preparations at 30 locations throughout King County until April.

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    Hosts Kim Sherman and Dan Tenenbaum stand in front of the pilot BLOCK home in Beacon Hill. Photo courtesy Facing Homelessness
    An Old Flour Mill Finds New Life in...
    By Melissa Hellmann • March 5, 2018 10:00 am

    The King County property’s nonprofit tenants include builders of backyard cottages for the homeless.

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    Northwest Detention Center Hunger Striker Released After 20 Days in Solitary
    Northwest Detention Center Hunger Striker Released After 20...
    By Melissa Hellmann • March 2, 2018 2:45 pm

    The ACLU-WA filed a lawsuit to uphold Jesus Chavez Flores’s First Amendment rights.

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    In this October 2017 photo, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson described how his office had sued Trump 19 times that year. Photo by Nicole Jennings
    Veterans Seeking Housing Turned Away
    By Melissa Hellmann • March 1, 2018 10:25 am

    The State Attorney General discovered ten companies that refused vets with federal housing vouchers.

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    Adi Chen will soon begin the process of changing their gender designation to ‘x’ on their Washington birth certificate. Photo by Melissa Hellmann                                Adi Chen will soon begin the process of changing their gender designation to “x” on their Washington birth certificate.                                 Photo by Melissa Hellmann
    An Official Third Option for the Gender Nonbinary
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 28, 2018 7:00 am

    A new Washington Department of Health rule offers a birth certificate gender beyond male or female.

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    The Fair Chance Housing Law bars landlords from using criminal records to deny an applicant. Photo by Ken Ratcliff/Flickr
    Fair Chance Housing Law Offers Renewed Hope to...
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 22, 2018 10:00 am

    The new ordinance bars landlords from denying applicants with criminal records.

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    Lokesh Marenayakanapalya, a software engineer at F5 Networks, is one of the roughly 30,000 high-skilled Indian green-card applicants throughout Washington. Photo by Melissa Hellmann
    Birds in a Cage: The Indian Green Card...
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 21, 2018 7:00 am

    Over 300,000 high-skilled workers are stuck in immigration limbo across the country.

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    Photo by Jessica Spengler/Flickr
    Budget Proposal Would Jeopardize Washington’s Food Assistance Program
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 16, 2018 9:00 am

    Policy analysts say Trump’s plan to slash SNAP’s funding would push people further into poverty.

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    2017 People’s Tribunal, organized by Northwest Detention Center Resistance. Photo by Sara Bernard.
    Immigrant Rights Community Responds to Allegations Against Seattle...
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 15, 2018 9:30 am

    Activists say that Monday’s charges further vindicate their fight against the organization’s tactics.

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    Seattle school bus drivers ended a nine-day strike that affected more than 12,000 students. Photo by Melissa Hellmann
    Seattle Schools Still Seeking Future Options After Bus...
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 12, 2018 2:00 pm

    As the yellow bus service resumes, the district continues plans to attract more contractors.

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    Seattle will soon vacate misdemeanor marijuana convictions. Photo courtesy of Bob Doran/Flickr
    Seattle Moves to Clear Marijuana Misdemeanor Convictions
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 9, 2018 7:00 am

    The mayor and city attorney’s policy change could impact hundreds convicted before weed legalization.

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    Mandy Sladky, a registered nurse, answers questions about safe consumption spaces at a public information booth outside of the Capitol Hill light rail station on February 7, 2018. Photo by Melissa Hellmann
    Nurses Push For Progress on Local Safe Consumption...
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 8, 2018 7:00 am

    Heathcare workers believe the controversial supervised drug use facilities could save lives.

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    Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Larry Nyland speaks at a November press conference about a new agreement between the city and Seattle Public Schools. Photo by Melissa Hellmann
    Parents and Educators Concerned About Seattle Superintendent Search
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 6, 2018 9:00 am

    Many say that the process has been too hasty and lacked enough input.

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    Photo by Melissa Hellmann                                 Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker talks to other members at an NAACP Youth Coalition meeting on January 31.
    Seattle High School Students of Color Demand Their...
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 5, 2018 7:00 am

    The NAACP Youth Coalition want the district to officially acknowledge “that black lives matter.”

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    Bus driver Chrystale Holiwell pickets outside of the South Park bus lot on Thursday. Photo by Melissa Hellmann
    Seattle School Bus Drivers Strike for Health Care
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 2, 2018 7:00 am

    For the second time this school year, bus lots host picket lines. This time, there’s no end in sight.

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    Katrina Johnson, Charleena Lyles’ cousin, supports offering legal assistance to families involved in police shooting deaths. Photo by Sara Bernard
    King County Offers Families of Police Shooting Victims...
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 1, 2018 7:00 am

    The Council unanimously voted to provide publicly-funded legal counsel during fact-finding hearings.

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    Scenes from 4Culture’s Creative Justice program, an arts based alternative to incarceration for King County. (Photo courtesy of Creative Justice/Timothy Aguero Photography)
    Politics and Art Clash Over 4Culture’s Future
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 31, 2018 7:00 am

    A county ordinance would impose greater oversight on cultural funding agency. But is that necessary?

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    Jagajit Singh Samra and his wife Parwinder in their West Seattle business, A Pizza Mart. Courtesy of Keep Seattle Livable for All
    Small Businesses Aren’t Too Sweet on New Beverage...
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 26, 2018 7:00 am

    The tax on sugary drinks rolled out on Jan. 1, but not everyone is happy.

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    The front of the Children and Family Justice Center. (Image courtesy of King County website)
    Future Funding Sources for Youth Detention Facility Are...
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 25, 2018 10:15 am

    If King County loses its Supreme Court appeal, where will money to complete construction come from?

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    Katrina Johnson, Charleena Lyles’ cousin, speaks at a press conference for De-Escalate Washington’s I-940 on July 6, 2017. (Photo by Sara Bernard)
    The State’s Deadly Force Law for Police Could...
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 24, 2018 12:50 pm

    Initiative 940 received enough signatures to head to the state Legislature or the ballot.

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