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The Washington state Senate unanimously passed a bill banning police from hog-tying suspects, a practice that has been subject to recent scrutiny in the state.

The federal government has recommended against the practice since at least 1995 to avoid deaths in custody.

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Legislation to ban the use of hogtying by police was unanimously passed by the Washington Senate, and the bill would classify the practice as excessive force.

OLYMPIA — Washington is moving to bar police from hogtying suspects, a proposal spurred by the March 2020 death of 33-year-old Manuel Ellis, who had been hogtied and told police several times …

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Here’s what is still alive in the Washington state Legislature after Wednesday’s cutoff.

OLYMPIA — Cue the Bon Jovi: Dead or aliiiiiive. Bills can be labeled one or the other after the first major deadline of Washingtons legislative session hit Wednesday. Legislators …

Though future deadlines will make the policy horizon even clearer, the first cutoff is a milestone in the legislative session that runs through early March.

Efforts to lower the legal limit for driving drunk in Washington are revving up as deadly crashes involving alcohol-impaired motorists rose again in the state in 2023.