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(The Center Square) – The Seattle City Council has unanimously passed a bill prohibiting city employees and departments from sharing nonpublic personal information with federal immigration authorities for civil enforcement purposes without a warrant. Council Bill 121158 is meant to protect immigrant communities, align city policy with the state’s Keep Washington Working Act, and remove outdated code that directed cooperation. The legislation is also meant to clarify that immigration enforcement is a federal, not local,
(The Center Square) – House lawmakers advanced a proposal Thursday to provide additional police funding to the cities of Lakewood and Medical Lake for hosting Washington’s two psychiatric hospitals. Senate Bill 5286 cleared the state Senate with unanimous support last winter but stalled in the House. The Senate passed it unanimously again earlier this month, sending it to the House Community Safety Committee, which advanced SB 5286 on Thursday with a do-pass recommendation. House lawmakers
(The Center Square) – Documents obtained by a Seattle radio talk show host indicate the possibility of Washington lawmakers passing an income tax on those making more than a million dollars a year could hurt the odds of Seattle getting an NBA franchise team back in the city. For years, basketball fans of the former Seattle SuperSonics have held rallies, and urged officials and stakeholders to do everything possible to bring the team back to
(The Center Square) – State transportation officials warned Thursday that 342 of Washington’s bridges are now at least 80 years old, pegging the estimated replacement costs at approximately $9.2 billion. The Washington State Department of Transportation manages 3,427 bridges, the oldest of which was built in 1915, with an average age of 51.7 years. The average lifespan is 75 years. WSDOT rated 9.9% of the total state inventory as being in poor condition as of
