politics
WA may end mandatory sentencing points based on juvenile convictions
HB 1324 hopes to remedy the harm of the racist 'superpredator' myth, which has lengthened the sentences for mostly Indigenous and Black youth.
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Suquamish use federal cash to build housing, bring citizens back
After decades of federal assimilation policies, $15 million in American Rescue Plan funding is helping construct affordable housing on their reservation.
Environment
Human Elements: Reviving Indigenous methods of habitat restoration
The Guardian Watchmen, a group of Wei Wai Kum First Nations citizens, use traditional methods to protect Vancouver Island's fragile ecosystems.
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Two Pike Place totem poles to be removed — but maybe not for good
Despite controversy, the 50-foot cedar poles could be reinstalled before Seattle's Victor Steinbrueck Park reopens this fall.
Culture
Pacific Science Center plans to transform its iconic pools
One proposal involves replacing the waterscape — dinosaur sculptures and all — with a meadow of native plants. But will the Seattle Landmarks Board sign off?