What Spokane’s Drug Possession Laws Could Look Like Without State Blake Fix
"Criminalizing drug possession and use is an important step for the public health and safety of our community. We have a drug crisis that requires us to act locally," Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward tol...
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Washington Elections Bill ‘Generates More Distrust in the System’
A bill sent to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee for consideration would exempt various aspects of the election system from public records requests and centralize all local records requests with the Secretar...
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Spokane Regional Homeless Population up 36% From 2022 Numbers
The 2023 point-in-time count numbers show a significant increase for individuals and families without a permanent abode in Spokane, though a large encampment had been drawing down at the time. Accordi...
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South King County Cities Seek Unified Drug Enforcement Amidst Failed ‘Blake Fix’
Cities throughout King County are seeking their own solutions to a potential lack of illicit drug possession laws in Washington state after the failure of Senate Bill 5536. Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus s...
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Lawsuit Filed Against Washington’s Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban
A coalition of gun rights advocacy groups and individual citizens have filed a lawsuit against a new Washington state ban on firearms deemed “assault weapons” as soon as the legislation was signed int...
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McMorris Rodgers Pushes for Federal Data Privacy Reform
A Congressional hearing asking "Who's selling your data?" took place in the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, where Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered her opening remarks calling...
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Seattle City Council Passes Originally Proposed $10 Late-Fee Cap on Rent
The Seattle City Council has passed a $10 late-fee cap on rent with a 7-2 vote. Seattle now joins the nearby cities of Auburn and Burien in establishing a $10 late fee cap. Socialist City Councilmembe...
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Crime and Punishment: Prosecutions After the 2020 Bellevue Riot
On May 31, 2020 more than a thousand individuals rioted in downtown Bellevue, with looters attacking stores at Bellevue Square, the Bellevue Connection, and Lincoln Square. The rioting prompted a civi...
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