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Legislature moves toward housing reforms
A package of bills aimed at housing affordability and tenants’ rights reform appears set to move forward in Olympia, a
Tom James
Tom James is a feature writer and photographer from Kingston, Washington, who has reported from Seattle, Olympia, Guatemala, Jordan, and the Olympic Peninsula on topics ranging from drug use in the Na
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Legislators to drug companies: show us your numbers
State legislators aren’t sure how far they will go with any measure to confront drug companies over rising costs
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Sawant's rent control plan is DOA in Olympia
No one imagined Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant's rent control proposal would be wildly popular in the Washington
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Senate Democratic leader will offer homeless funding proposal
After widely publicized shootings in a sprawling Seattle encampment and reports of rising homelessness across the state, the leader of
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To fight suicide, UW initiative partners with gun rights groups
Amid the hustle and bustle of afternoon meetings at the state Legislature the other day, four people walked across the