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Courts could have collected over $2.5 million in fees in the past decade, which would have gone to programs to alleviate trafficking. Why didn’t they?

Laws on unexcused absences are meant to keep kids safe, but a lack of resources and fear of court have kept districts from completing necessary steps.

No one was looking for Kit Nelson-Mora, despite warning signs, until a friend contacted police over a year after their disappearance in Omak.

Some advocates say that legislation requiring law enforcement endangers survivors at risk of retaliation.

GOP-backed Let’s Go Washington is seeking to put the carbon capture law, police pursuit regulations, a capital gains tax repeal and more up for vote in November.

Washington lawmakers will offer their own proposals in the legislative session that begins next month.

The Department of Revenue said it could use legislative privilege to keep records private, but nixed the policy after criticism from Gov. Inslee’s office.

While Washington has some of the toughest trafficking laws in the nation, law enforcement in Seattle and Portland struggle to put policy into practice.

Already dreading the 2024 election atmosphere, a bipartisan group of community leaders and politicians are working to “disagree better.”

Gov. Jay Inslee’s office has commissioned an independent review amid dueling claims by former agency leaders over the workplace climate.