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After a new minimum wage law for gig delivery drivers took effect, apps like DoorDash, Instacart and Uber Eats raised customer fees. Now Seattle City Council is considering revisions to the law.
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A new report from the Anti-Defamation League indicates there was a spike in antisemitic incidents last year, both locally and nationally.
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Washington recently closed a prison to save money, but officials say rising prices for essentials and facility maintenance are contributing to the ballooning price of incarceration.
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The new law requires training for employees in establishments to prevent sexual harassment, identify and report human trafficking, de-escalate conflict and provide first aid.
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Most of the funding will go to the state Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance for services that include housing and legal assistance, food, and transportation.
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Charles Leo Daniel was identified as the man found at an ICE facility in Tacoma. It’s believed he was held in solitary confinement, possibly close to 4 years.
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According to an analysis released this month, the gender wage gap for women in Washington was one of the worst in the nation in recent years.
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Police said a 61-year-old man was found unresponsive on Thursday at the ICE facility in Tacoma.
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A Seattle City Council meeting on Tuesday grew contentious when asylum seekers marched there to plead for help with housing. Local activists joined them and demanded that the money come from funding the city has already allocated for police surveillance.
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It took police more than a year to start investigating Kit's disappearance. Kit is from a part of the country that’s become unusually accustomed to children disappearing.
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Earlier this month, asylum seekers, most of them from Venezuela, marched to Seattle City Hall and pleaded for shelter. Now they’ve been moved into a new space.
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The Department of Labor and Industries has sued GEO Group because it has not allowed officials to inspect the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.