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An explosive report alleging that male-born inmates were lining up to transfer to women's prisons has been followed by Washington state legislators taking action -- by seeking to squelch access to information about transgender prisoners.

An explosive report alleging that male-born inmates were lining up to transfer to women's prisons has been followed by Washington state legislators taking action -- by seeking to squelch access to information about transgender prisoners.

Senate Bill 5927, which would have added a year to a prison sentence for robbing a marijuana shop, failed to pass the state House.

The Court is broken. Seattle Rep. Pramila Jayapal is the only Democrat in Washington who supports a bill to fix it.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - An op/ed recently written by a Democratic lawmaker in Washington State is raising questions about the state's possible plans to file a major lawsuit targeting Big Oil.

State lawmakers say he’ll need to articulate clear priorities, make lots of noise, and rally lots of support.

Washington state's three-strikes law was enacted 29 years ago because people thought it would reduce crime during a wave of it in the ‘80s and ‘90s. But these tough-on-crime laws have not only led to high rates of incarceration but also have disproportionately impacted Black, Indigenous and other people of color. Now state leaders are looking to amend these laws.

For years, white-collar employees at Amazon.com Inc. have accused the company of using opaque “rank-and-yank” performance reviews to periodically cull its workforce. Now a proposed law in Amazon’s home state of Washington could make it harder for companies to terminate workers without explaining why.

For years, white-collar employees at Amazon.com Inc have accused the company of using opaque “rank-and-yank” performance reviews to periodically cull its workforce. Now a proposed law in Amazon’s home state of Washington could make it harder for companies to terminate workers without explaining why.

Rank-and-yank performance evaluations have long been controversial. The practice entails grading employees against one another and eliminating those deemed poor performers.