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The King County Board of Health has voted to repeal its decades-old mandatory helmet law for bicycle riders, saying data shows enforcement has been both minimal and disproportionate toward people of color and those experiencing homelessness.
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COVID-19A routine meeting of the Washington State Board of Health became the topic of a nationwide misinformation campaign this week as social media users, political hopefuls and conservative pundits spun bogus claims that the meeting would include a vote to force unvaccinated residents into COVID-19 quarantine camps.
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Nearly half of citations by Seattle police under King County’s bike helmet law went to people struggling with homelessness. And Black people were four…