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Washington’s immigrant population is jumping at the chance to apply for health insurance as coverage expands for those without a federally-recognized immigration status.
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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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Volunteers say the city's plan to build a $500,000 gated security fence around the parking lot shared by the volunteers and police threatens to impede their access to the building they use to serve free meals.
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Activists with the group La Resistencia say there’s been a hunger strike at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Tacoma for nearly a month.
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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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Cadaver dogs, ground-penetrating radar and high-tech computer mapping are all employed to help reveal suspected unmarked graves at Mool-Mool, or Fort Simcoe Historical State Park, on Yakama Nation lands.
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Almost every day, people from all over the world try to find their footing after being released from the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. An RV parked outside the immigration detention center and a hospitality house in south Tacoma managed by AIDNW give them a place to go.
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Founded during the height of the 2020 protests against police brutality, community members say the Black Lives Memorial garden in Cal Anderson Park serves not only them but others in the community, such as the unhoused. Seattle Parks and Recreation say they need the space back.
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Longtime writer and Chinatown International District community organizer Ron Chew says anti-Asian sentiment has been on the rise. He also says he’s disturbed by a lack of engagement and investment by the city.
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King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay is calling for a minimum wage of $18.99 in unincorporated King County.
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At least 16 deportation flights have left from Boeing Field since May, and immigration advocates are trying to watch every single one.
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University researchers found detention staff threw balls of pepper spray and used other means of force against detainees, including those with mental illness. They found such incidents occurred on average once a month.