Substitute House Bill 1064, adds training requirements for law enforcement officers to de-escalate situations and expands training in the areas of mental health and first aid to help avoid the use of deadly force.
Bill would implement two-year suicide prevention program, increases mental health promotion.
Legislation would remove death penalty from state statute, comes after Gov. Inslee’s moratorium and Supreme Court ruling suspending death sentences.
Bills heard in House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee to protect tenant rights; evictions a growing problem that disproportionately affect state’s vulnerable populations, backers say.
State employees could be immune to public disclosure on harassment claims; lawmakers seek privacy protection for agency employees.
Grays Harbor commissioners hold off action on I-1639
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The Quinault Indian Nation will host a public meeting next week to provide an opportunity for the upper Quinault River…
Next chance of snow arrives in GH County Friday
For months, an Aberdeen man who says he’s motivated by First Amendment freedoms has been testing local governments by showing…
Would make recommendations to Legislature this year; seeks to make to make tax system that “better serves” Washington residents.
