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The last immigrant youth jail in the country moves to end contract with ICE
One of the last detention centers in the U.S. to hold undocumented immigrant youth wants to end its contract with ICE.
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Seattle-area Proud Boy ordered to return to D.C. for Capitol riot hearing
Ethan Nordean, a self-described member of the extremist group the Proud Boys, has been ordered to return to Washington, D.C. to appear in court for his involvement in the U.S. Capitol riot. Nordean, facing multiple federal charges, must also remain in police custody until his trial hearing later this month.
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Legislative lookahead: Deadline looms for bills unrelated to budget
The first big deadline of Washington's Legislative session is coming up. That's when non-budget related bills need to pass out of committee - if they're going to survive to see another day.
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Friday Politics: Campaigns ramp up around Seattle City Hall
Seattle Councilmember Lo
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Mayor’s Q-related comments cause continuing controversy in Sequim
‘There's a real sense of angst in the community. There's a lot of tension in the community about this issue….The feeling in the community right now is pretty unsettled.’
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Speed, small talk led to oil-tanker crash, feds find
A tanker transporting liquefied petroleum gas was coming in too fast and at too steep an angle when it crashed into a wharf at Cherry Point, north of Bellingham, Washington, the National Transportation Safety Board has found. It didn’t help that the ship’s captain and a harbor pilot engaged in two minutes of “non-pertinent conversation” on the bridge as the big ship closed in on the dock.
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$4 raise for grocery workers: Trade groups sue to block law
Trade groups representing Seattle grocery stores are suing to block the city’s new “hazard pay” rule for grocery workers. They filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Wednesday, the same day the emergency ordinance took effect.
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Alleged Seattle Proud Boy charged with storming of U.S. Capitol
A Washington state man appeared in federal court in Seattle Wednesday, charged with helping storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Prosecutors say he’s a local member of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys.
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Can't get a Covid-19 vaccination appointment? Here are some tips — if you're eligible
It's really hard to get a Covid-19 vaccination appointment in Washington state right now, even if you’re eligible. Here are some tips and tricks that might help.
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Lorena González joins race for Seattle mayor
Today Lorena González joins the race for Seattle mayor. González is a former civil rights lawyer, who travels mostly in the left lanes of Seattle politics, and promises "bold, transformative action” on issues including homelessness and affordable housing.
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Seattle Times 'Lives Remembered' series honors people we lost to COVID-19
‘I think the thing that strikes me most is just the sheer numbers. The Seattle Times knows of about only an eighth of the total deaths in Washington. For every name we know, there's so many more that we don't know.’
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Why Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon's CEO
Jeff Bezos announced on Tuesday that he'll step down this year as the CEO of Amazon. But he's not leaving the company entirely.