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Seattle’s controversial ‘poverty defense’ proposal stalls out
Progress on a new proposal that would expand legal defenses for poor and mentally ill defendants has waned in recent months.
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King County to reexamine decades-old bicyclist helmet law
The move by the King County Board of Health comes after a Crosscut report showing disproportionate enforcement toward homeless people.
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Can King County keep using empty hotels to fight homelessness?
Providers have used area hotels and motels as a stopgap since the pandemic began. Their future use is unclear.
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Judge rules national archives will stay in Seattle for now
With the support of dozens of tribes, a lawsuit successfully halted the sale of the national archives building last week.
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A Tacoma police officer ran over a person. Let’s call it what it is.
Too many public leaders have been reluctant to speak plainly about last month’s disturbing act of police violence.