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This bill could let you downsize your way to home ownership in Washington

Washington state legislators want to let people live in tiny homes and RVs in backyards and driveways year round. If their bill passes, it could unlock the least expensive path to homeownership available. But critics worry about a "Cousin Eddie" problem.
- Joshua McNichols
Millionaires' tax could ‘revolutionize’ WA education, OSPI chief says

State School Superintendent Chris Reykdal says a Democratic plan calling for a so-called "millionaires' tax" has the potential to "revolutionize" education in Washington state.
- Noel Gasca
Despite success, family reading program in Washington state faces deep funding cuts

For kids across Washington state who are struggling readers, a type of book club for families is showing promising results. But state and federal budget cuts have shrunk the program by 85%. Supporters hope for a turnaround this year.
- Amy Radil
Surviving teen shot at Seattle CHOP refiles lawsuit

Robert West, who was 14 years old when he was shot in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone in 2020, sued the city of Seattle on Thursday, seeking unspecified damages to compensate for what he says are “catastrophic and permanently disfiguring injuries.”
- Sydney Brownstone / The Seattle Times
Justice Department 'workaround' keeps former immigration judge as Seattle’s top prosecutor

The Trump administration is using a workaround to retain its preferred U.S. attorney in Seattle, despite his lack of confirmation by the U.S. Senate. It’s a tactic the Justice Department has employed elsewhere, resulting in some legal challenges.
- Amy Radil
WA among states trying to block the sale of people's precise location data

Politicians in over half a dozen Democrat-led states, including Washington, want to ban companies from selling information about people's precise location. This, amid concerns that such data will be used to target vulnerable people, including immigrants. Former public radio correspondent Austin Jenkins covers infrastructure and the disruption industry for Pluribus News. He wrote recently about groups for and against banning location tracking. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to him about his reporting.
- Kim Malcolm
Seattle CHOP verdict: City must pay $30.5 million to family of slain teen

After deliberating for 12 days, a King County jury found the city of Seattle negligent on Thursday in its emergency response to the 2020 fatal shooting of a teenager at the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP.
- David Gutman / The Seattle Times
Republican WA congressman: Immigration crackdown has ‘gotten out of hand’

U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse said Wednesday that “a lot of questions need to be answered” in the wake of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, but stopped short of calling for new leadership at the Department of Homeland Security.
- Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Could publicly owned stores help prevent grocery deserts in Seattle?

In the wake of Kroger closing a Fred Meyer store in Lake City last October, Washington lawmakers are introducing bills to help neighborhoods recover from losing a grocery.
- Ruby de Luna
'Not our America.' Washington state leaders condemn federal shootings in Minnesota

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown held a press conference Monday to emphatically condemn federal actions in Minnesota and hint at their preparations should the Trump administration crack down similarly in Washington state.
- Scott Greenstone

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