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But now the victims’ services organization and others like it are facing federal funding cuts that could hamper their ability to help people like him.

Agencies are hoping Olympia can provide stable funding for the 52,000 state residents who receive resources such as legal aid and crisis intervention.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling this June opened the door to criminalizing homelessness, and cities have threatened fines and jail time in response.

Three years after its founding, the Office of Independent Investigations has not moved forward on any of the police killings it has flagged for review.

Bob Songer, a leader in the ‘constitutional sheriff’ movement, says the group fills a need. Skeptics worry about the lack of civil rights training and public oversight.

Of the minority of sex crimes that result in convictions, 60% end with guilty pleas to lesser offenses, leaving survivors disillusioned with the process.

Young detainees report concerns with drinking-water quality, long periods without visitors, lack of substance-abuse treatment and staffing shortages.

Immigration officials corrected his record, but the Tacoma center detainee warned of continued risks to himself and his family back in Micronesia.

The retroactive deal covers back pay for 2021-2023, but does little to increase accountability measures. The city is negotiating for a 2024 contract.

Though the report said agencies are complying with the law, they could do better at helping people reclaim seized property and tracking demographic data.

While the Legislature will fund law enforcement instruction, in recent sessions it failed to allow cities to reroute tax revenue to hire new cops.

Conditions in the immigrant detention facility have garnered over 300 complaints, but a law to increase state oversight is still tied up in court.

Too many cases, too few lawyers and too little money hurt local governments’ ability to provide effective counsel to those with financial constraints.

The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court.

Companies like Meta and Bloomberg draw upon a database of 191,000 books to train the tools. Local writers aren’t happy, and lawsuits are in the works.