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Gov. Inslee announces pick for Washington's new Secretary of State
The secretary of state is WA's top elections official. Kim Wyman is leaving the post to join the Biden administration.
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WA lawmakers want new police decertification law to apply to past misconduct
Legislators say they didn’t mean for past misconduct to be off-limits, but that’s how a state commission has interpreted the new law.
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WA’s new federal judges signify reversal of Trump-era influence
The Senate’s recent confirmation of three federal judges in Washington reveals a deliberate effort to increase diversity in the courts.
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New WA police accountability laws hardly affect sheriffs like Ed Troyer
A law making it easier to decertify problem officers won’t cause elected sheriffs to lose their jobs, as it would for other cops.
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A short list of ideas to replace Kim Wyman as WA secretary of state
With Kim Wyman leaving for a job in the Biden administration in November, Gov. Jay Inslee will need to appoint a replacement soon.