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With two more months left in the year, the total number of deaths for 2023 stands at 1,010 people. In all of 2022, 1,001 people died from overdoses.
Six more counties in Washington have joined a rare lawsuit to sue the state's Department of Social & Health Services over an alleged lack of mental health services.
The Stranger's morning news roundup.
A Pierce County judge ruled in favor of 22 counties that filed a lawsuit against DSHS for the release of those suspected of a crime, but unable to be imprisoned due to mental health conditions.
Though some reductions are in place, they will only make up about $12.6 million.