Jun 6 2023 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to block a new Washington state law banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one of three measures recently signed by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee in an effort to reduce gun violence....
May 3 2023 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is calling lawmakers back to work after they rejected a bill setting out a new statewide drug policy — a development that has put the state on the brink of decriminalizing possession of fentanyl and other drugs...
May 3 2023 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is calling lawmakers back to work after they rejected a bill setting out a new statewide drug policy — a development that has put the state on the brink of decriminalizing possession of fentanyl and other drugs...
Mar 29 2023 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — Most gig workers in Seattle will be permanently entitled to paid sick leave and safe time under a first-in-the-nation law signed by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on Wednesday. The measure expands pandemic-era protections and strengthens la...
Jan 26 2023 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — An effort to balance what is considered the nation's most regressive state tax code came before the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday, with justices hearing arguments about whether they should overturn a prohibition on income taxes th...
Jan 11 2023 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media companies are now facing lawsuits brought by public entities that seek to hold them accountable for a huge societal problem — in their case, ...
Jan 4 2023 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — A Mexican man who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents in 2017 despite his participation in a program designed to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children will be allowed to remain in the country for at least the next f...
Nov 12 2022 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — Democrats won a second key House race in Washington state Saturday — an open seat in a conservative region that long evaded the party. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto-shop owner who describes herself as an independent-mind...
Nov 10 2022 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep Kim Schrier has won a third term in Washington’s 8th U.S. House district, fending off a challenge from Republicans who targeted the seat as part of their efforts to flip the chamber. Schrier, a pediatric...
Nov 8 2022 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — With control of Congress potentially hanging in the balance, Democratic candidates took early leads Tuesday night in two key races in Washington state. But the state’s vote-by-mail system means final results likely won’t be known for day...
Oct 27 2022 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — The Republican mayor of Wenatchee, a small city in central Washington’s orchard country, didn’t support Democrat Kim Schrier when she was first elected to Congress in 2018. Since then, though, he’s been impressed. Schrier h...
Oct 26 2022 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law, in what is believed to be the largest campaign finance penalty in U.S...
Jun 9 2022 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — A person’s race and ethnicity must be taken into account when deciding whether they were free to leave an encounter with police, the Washington Supreme Court said Thursday in its latest decision seeking to counteract bias in the justice system. The unanimous ruling concerned Palla Sum, a man identified in court records […]
Jun 4 2022 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — When he was sentenced for killing three teenagers and gravely wounding another at a house party north of Seattle, Allen Ivanov said he was sorry and that he couldn't explain why he did it. But he noted one factor that allowed him to carry out the shooting — “the ease of acquiring […]
May 18 2022 — Gene Johnson, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEATTLE (AP) — A former judge and prosecutor is being appointed to oversee Washington state’s new independent office to review cases where police use deadly force — the first such agency in the U.S. Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday that Roger Rogoff, who spent nearly two decades as a deputy King County prosecutor and assistant […]