The bill comes after the 2024 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which held that local ...
House Bill 2489, which fundamentally limits the ability of cities and counties to clear homeless encampments, stays alive, ...
House Democrats advanced two proposals Monday that local officials fear could undo all the work Spokane has done downtown ...
Feb. 4 marked the deadline for non-fiscal bills to pass out of their policy committees in the Washington state Legislature.
Coming up: Cirque du Soleil ECHO on the Redmond Patch calendar ...
Three Ephrata city leaders spent two days in Olympia last week meeting with state lawmakers on a wide range of bills ...
Lawmakers in Olympia could soon decide whether to set limits on when cities and counties can remove homeless encampments from ...
A state committee has approved legislation that would stop cities from enforcing anti-camping ordinances when no shelter space is available.
A state bill would prohibit cities and counties from clearing or criminalizing encampments unless they could prove there's ...
Several local businesses posted about participating in the national shutdown in protest of ICE and the Department of Homeland Security.
This isn’t just financial aid for foster youth, said a University of Washington mentor. “This is hope, this is their dignity, ...
Big changes are coming to the Washington State Supreme Court, and most voters aren’t paying attention. Two justices are stepping aside this year, creating rare, truly open seats on the state’s highest ...