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Governor Inslee signed into law an all-new Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act (New Act). The New Act will completely replace the current Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act, which has seen only minor updates since its adoption in 1967.
Nearly all of the New Act s provisions will take effect
January 1, 2022.
While the New Act makes changes to many different aspects of Washington nonprofit corporate law, it makes major, overarching changes in three areas:
Modernization: Many provisions of the current Act are out-of-date or do not reflect currently recommended practices in nonprofit governance. The New Act modernizes those provisions.
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From incarceration to the Washington Legislature, Rep. Tarra Simmons hits her stride in first term in Olympia By Maya Leshikar, The Seattle Times
Published: April 25, 2021, 8:30am
Share: Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons, a Bremerton Democrat, backs a bill that would allow formerly incarcerated people to work in health care and in-home care jobs. Simmons stands near the King County Courthouse in downtown Seattle on June 1, 2018. (Mike Seigel/The Seattle Times/TNS)
The 2021 legislative session has been memorable for Tarra Simmons.
When Simmons won a seat in the Washington House back in November, she was at home with her family, socially distanced due to COVID-19 an odd, “anticlimactic” way to learn she had been elected, becoming what’s believed to be the first formerly incarcerated person to win a state election in Washington.
Apr. 11 Larry Jefferson, a long-serving Thurston County public defense attorney, is taking over as director of the state Office of Public Defense (OPD). The justices of the state Supreme Court appointed Jefferson to replace retired director Joanne Moore, who has served for 23 years, according to a Friday news release. As director, Jefferson will administer state-funded programs that offer .
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FILE - In this July 25, 2020, file photo, smoke rises as police clash with protester during a Black Lives Matter protest near the Seattle Police East Precinct headquarters in Seattle. A Seattle police officer who threw a tear gas canister that hit a reporter and other officers who threw blast balls that hit individuals during last summer s Black Lives Matter protests violated policies, according to new reports from an independent agency tasked with investigating police misconduct. The agency has released five batches of investigative reports since September, with the latest 22 cases posted Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.