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    Suburban and Rural Students Join the Call for Gun Control
    Suburban and Rural Students Join the Call for...
    By Raechel Dawson • March 15, 2018 2:00 pm

    What the National School Walkout looked like outside of Seattle.

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    Garfield High School students stand in silence to protest gun violence. Photo by Melissa Hellmann
    Seattle Students Take Part in the National School...
    By Melissa Hellmann • March 14, 2018 2:45 pm

    Garfield High School students pay tribute to the Parkland victims by rallying for gun control.

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    Issaquah will not be housing a supervised consumption site like the facilities found in Vancouver, B.C. Photo by Nicole Jennings
    County Roundup: A Safe Drug Site Ban and...
    By SW Staff • March 14, 2018 1:30 am

    A weekly recap of King County news.

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    Reproductive rights marchers during the 2017 Seattle Pride Parade. Photo by Bobby Arispe Jr./Flickr
    Seattle Abortion Providers Weigh in on Reproductive Parity...
    By Melissa Hellmann • March 13, 2018 7:00 am

    The newly passed state legislation will cover abortion services for private insurance holders.

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    A pro-immigrant sign at the                                 2018 Women’s March in Seattle. 
Photo by David Lee/Flickr
    Can Immigration Issues Be Fixed at the County...
    By Molly Quinton • March 12, 2018 7:00 am

    King County establishes new commission to support immigrant and refugee communities.

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    Photo by Taylor McAvoy
    No Longer Silent: Sexual Assault Survivors Push Legislative...
    By Taylor McAvoy • March 9, 2018 4:36 pm

    Seeking systematic reforms, victims spoke up this legislative session.

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    Photo by Nicolas Vigier/Flickr
    Legislators Come to Agreement on Deadly Force Reform
    By Josh Kelety • March 9, 2018 12:30 pm

    An agreement between lawmakers, activists, and police alters and passes the I-940 ballot initiative.

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    Namasgay participants gather at a local meetup. Photo courtesy of Frank Macri
    Making a Home for Spiritually-Minded LGBTQ Folks
    By Melissa Hellmann • March 9, 2018 9:00 am

    Namasgay hosts local events for queer people seeking greater self-actualization.

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    Legislature Lifts Outdated Restrictions on Food Trucks
    Legislature Lifts Outdated Restrictions on Food Trucks
    By Sarah Low • March 7, 2018 1:00 pm

    How a Vashon Island food truck owner/operator helped end old brick-and-mortar limitations.

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    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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    Photo by Taylor McAvoy
    Behind the Scenes of the Governor’s Veto of...
    By Josh Kelety • March 2, 2018 3:00 pm

    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
    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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    By Taylor McAvoy
    Inslee Vetoes Public Records Bill; Lawmakers Get a...
    By Jerry Cornfield • March 2, 2018 7:00 am

    Meantime, news organizations, including this one, have agreed to pause a lawsuit over access.

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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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    The Alliance for Gun Responsibility and other gun rights activists packed the Senate Ways and Means hearing room on Tuesday, Feb. 27 to hear a new piece of gun legislation. Photo by Taylor McAvoy
    Washington Lawmakers Introduce New Gun Legislation
    By Taylor McAvoy • February 28, 2018 11:15 am

    In the wake of the Parkland shooting, legislators look to pass minor gun control measures.

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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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    Photo by Taylor McAvoy
    Lawmakers Face Backlash Over Public Records Bill
    By Josh Kelety • February 27, 2018 3:30 am

    Legislators frame the bill as a win for open government, while opponents hope for an Inslee veto.

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    Rep. Kristine Reeves (D-Federal Way) battled tears during the House floor debate on a bill to ban bump stocks, while her colleague Rep. Tana Senn (D- Mercer Island) turned to comfort her. Photo by Taylor McAvoy
    Washington State Legislature Moves Closer to Bump Stock...
    By Taylor McAvoy • February 26, 2018 10:35 am

    The device that increases a gun’s rate of fire has been used in mass shootings.

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    Photo by Taylor McAvoy
    State Legislators Restrict Public Access to Their Records
    By Josh Kelety • February 26, 2018 7:00 am

    Critics slam the move as a blow to government transparency.

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