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WA Senate must restore voting rights for formerly incarcerated people
A bill before the Legislature would return the right to vote to more than 20,000 Washingtonians living and working throughout the state.
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More Black and Latinx people in Washington are getting vaccines
A Crosscut reader asked: How does the state track vaccines by race? By asking patients and providers, which means the data can be incomplete.
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Police accountability agenda loses some teeth in WA Legislature
While some police reforms are advancing, efforts to create stronger community oversight boards and make it easier to sue police for misconduct have stalled.
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The bills we’re tracking in the 2021 Washington state Legislature
Pandemic relief, climate change, police accountability, taxes and more — here’s what we kept an eye on this session.
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Clean fuel legislation could be blocked again by one WA Democrat
For a third time, lawmakers in Olympia hope to spur more biofuel and electric cars with new restrictions on greenhouse gases.