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Gov. Inslee announces pick for Washington's new Secretary of State
The secretary of state is WA's top elections official. Kim Wyman is leaving the post to join the Biden administration.
Melissa Santos
Melissa Santos is formerly a Crosscut staff reporter who covered state politics and the Legislature. She came to Crosscut from The Seattle Times editorial board, where she wrote columns and opinion pi
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WA lawmakers want new police decertification law to apply to past misconduct
Legislators say they didn’t mean for past misconduct to be off-limits, but that’s how a state commission has interpreted the new law.
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Dow Constantine wins re-election as King County executive, Lambert loses seat
In the Nov. 2 election, Incumbent King County Councilmember Kathy Lambert lost to challenger Sarah Perry, while County Executive Dow Constantine won a fourth term.
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King County races: What to watch as election results roll in
King County voters will choose their next executive and five county council members.
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New WA police accountability laws hardly affect sheriffs like Ed Troyer
A law making it easier to decertify problem officers won’t cause elected sheriffs to lose their jobs, as it would for other cops.