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In parts of the state, people are waiting weeks for a public defender — but even in King County, where it's a government job with good pay, public defenders say there aren't enough.
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Now offered in more than a dozen schools in Washington state, Clayful connects students with mental health coaches via text message.
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A group of lawmakers want a federal program that protects the health and wellbeing of commercial fishermen to be expanded to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue.
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Seattle Children's Hospital said it's boosting security in its Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit, after nurses in the unit raised concerns about low staffing levels and patients becoming more violent.
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More than 40 states filed legal actions against Meta on Tuesday, alleging that the company intentionally designed features that hooked a generation of young people.
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the city has hired six community responders to help police with lower priority 911 calls.
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Family members, advocates, and community members gathered in Olympia, Wash., to celebrate the life of Timothy Green, who was killed by police last year, and renew calls for mental health support.
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The lawsuit stems from a recent $100 million fine a federal court imposed on the state of Washington, for letting mentally ill people wait too long for treatment.
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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.
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As of Friday's vote count, leading candidates in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Bellingham and Spokane support some form of sending unarmed civilians to respond to mental health crises and other nonviolent incidents.