Grace Deng
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Lawmakers failed to pass all three of the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability’s top priorities.
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The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project is fighting in court for about 12 hours of video capturing the February 2023 incident at the privately run detention center.
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Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that would give 7,500 low-income state residents universal basic income for two years, no strings attached.
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Experts say shuttering a school can make financial sense. But it can be hard for students and their families.
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Gov. Jay Inslee proposed supplemental budget would add to about $200 million for combating illegal opioids as the state is tapping another $82 million from opioid settlements.
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Detainees at the Northwest Detention Center started a hunger strike 18 days go, protesting conditions there and demanding that they be released or deported.
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A recently published University of Washington study found prescription opioid companies competing with Purdue, the maker of OxyContin, increased marketing efforts after a 2007 Kentucky lawsuit.
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Kaiser Permanente and thousands of its Washington workers have agreed on a tentative labor contract, averting a strike planned for Wednesday had no deal been reached.
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Police accountability advocates question whether departments are moving fast enough to get officers through the program, which is required under a measure voters approved in 2018.