Gene Johnson
Associated Press Reporter-
An immigrant rights activist who had been facing deportation says she can now remain in the U.S., after the Department of Homeland Security agreed to drop her case. Maru Mora Villalpando, a Mexico City native who has been in the U.S. since 1996, said Tuesday that an immigration judge last week approved the decision.
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Washington is facing its own COVID-19 crisis and has little capacity to help neighboring Idaho deal with an overwhelming surge of cases driven by unvaccinated people, state hospital executives and doctors said Monday.
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The backers of a measure that would change Seattle's approach to homelessness are appealing a judge's decision that blocked it from the November ballot. The Compassion Seattle campaign initially said it would not appeal the decision from a King County judge.
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A King County Superior Court judge struck a Seattle measure on homelessness from the November ballot even as the city remains mired in a long-term humanitarian crisis.
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Washington's Supreme Court issued a key decision Thursday that helps protect people living in their vehicles from having them towed, in a case that drew…
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Washington voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to turn in their primary ballots. So far about 15 percent of voters across the state have done so. Lori…
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Washington state is embarking on a massive experiment in police reform and accountability following the racial justice protests that erupted after George…
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Former Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers star Richard Sherman said Friday that he is “deeply remorseful” following his arrest on accusations of…
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Money is on the way to help save the only grocery store in an isolated Washington state community that's been especially strained by the pandemic-related…
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Updated at 6:30 p.m. Monday:The hottest day of an unprecedented and dangerous heat wave scorched the Pacific Northwest on Monday, with temperatures…