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No Longer Silent: Sexual Assault Survivors Push Legislative Change
Seeking systematic reforms, victims spoke up this legislative session.
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Legislators Come to Agreement on Deadly Force Reform
An agreement between lawmakers, activists, and police alters and passes the I-940 ballot initiative.
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Making a Home for Spiritually-Minded LGBTQ Folks
Namasgay hosts local events for queer people seeking greater self-actualization.
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Legislature Lifts Outdated Restrictions on Food Trucks
How a Vashon Island food truck owner/operator helped end old brick-and-mortar limitations.
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Youth Help Low-Income Seattlelites File Taxes
The AmeriCorps NCCC offers free tax preparations at 30 locations throughout King County until April.
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An Old Flour Mill Finds New Life in Homeless Programs
The King County property’s nonprofit tenants include builders of backyard cottages for the homeless.
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Behind the Scenes of the Governor’s Veto of the Public Records Bill
How negotiations between Jay Inslee’s office, lawmakers, and media organizations led to the end of the controversial legislation.
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Northwest Detention Center Hunger Striker Released After 20 Days in Solitary
The ACLU-WA filed a lawsuit to uphold Jesus Chavez Flores’s First Amendment rights.
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Inslee Vetoes Public Records Bill; Lawmakers Get a Do-Over
Meantime, news organizations, including this one, have agreed to pause a lawsuit over access.
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Veterans Seeking Housing Turned Away
The State Attorney General discovered ten companies that refused vets with federal housing vouchers.
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Washington Lawmakers Introduce New Gun Legislation
In the wake of the Parkland shooting, legislators look to pass minor gun control measures.
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An Official Third Option for the Gender Nonbinary
A new Washington Department of Health rule offers a birth certificate gender beyond male or female.
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Lawmakers Face Backlash Over Public Records Bill
Legislators frame the bill as a win for open government, while opponents hope for an Inslee veto.
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Washington State Legislature Moves Closer to Bump Stock Ban
The device that increases a gun’s rate of fire has been used in mass shootings.
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State Legislators Restrict Public Access to Their Records
Critics slam the move as a blow to government transparency.
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Fair Chance Housing Law Offers Renewed Hope to the Formerly Incarcerated
The new ordinance bars landlords from denying applicants with criminal records.
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Legislature Considers Domestic Violence Survivor Workplace Protections
A new bill could safeguard victims against on-the-job discrimination.
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Birds in a Cage: The Indian Green Card Backlog
Over 300,000 high-skilled workers are stuck in immigration limbo across the country.
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Hash Gets Hacked
A change in tracking companies has left Washington’s cannabis industry exposed.
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#MeToo U
The increased focus on sexual assault has local students and universities examining campus policies.