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The Showdown in Olympia Over Police Violence


by Matt Baume

Mar 17, 2021 at 10:30 am
Police ready themselves on Capitol Hill in June of 2020. PHOTO BY TRISTAN FAIRCHOK
On one side, you have the families of people killed by police officers, a coalition of criminal justice reformers, and the mayor of Tacoma. On the other side: Cops.
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This past Monday, the Senate Law & Justice Committee heard public testimony on one of the highest-profile bills to be introduced in response to last summer’s protests over police violence, and it was gut-wrenching. The bill in question is HB 1267, and it would establish an Office of Independent Investigations in the Governor’s office to investigate deadly force incidents involving police. ....

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How a Native American survey and vaccine rollout models a community-centered approach


How a Native American survey and vaccine rollout models a community-centered approach
By Melissa Hellmann, The Seattle Times
Published: February 7, 2021, 12:40pm
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Hundreds of cars wrapped around the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation’s health clinic, where tribal employees and their families lined up Sunday to receive their first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination. Music by Lauryn Hill played over a speaker as volunteers in white tents registered patients in their cars.
Lawrence Foulkes, a 32-year-old computer technician and enrolled Muckleshoot Tribal member, received his first dose from the comfort of his car that morning. Though he was nervous, Foulkes got vaccinated to protect his multigenerational household, which has members ranging from 3 to 65 years old. ....

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Native Americans Willing to Vaccinate to Protect Community


Native Americans Willing to Vaccinate to Protect Community
A survey found Indigenous people are more willing than the general public to get the COVID-19 vaccine, as a responsibility to their community. An increase in community-based messaging could boost acceptance.
Melissa Hellmann, The Seattle Times
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February 1, 2021
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(TNS) Hundreds of cars wrapped around the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation s health clinic, where tribal employees and their families lined up Sunday to receive their first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination. Music by Lauryn Hill played over a speaker as volunteers in white tents registered patients in their cars.
Lawrence Foulkes, a 32-year-old computer technician and enrolled Muckleshoot Tribal member, received his first dose from the comfort of his car that morning. Though he was nervous, Foulkes got vaccinated to protect his multigenerational hou ....

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Lake Washington sockeye hit record low, another signature Seattle fish at brink of extinction


Lake Washington sockeye hit record low, another signature Seattle fish at brink of extinction
By Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times
Published: January 1, 2021, 9:31am
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They are as Seattle as the Space Needle. But Lake Washington sockeye, once the largest run of sockeye in the Lower 48, are failing.
The smallest run on record returned to the Cedar River in 2020, a bottoming out after years of declines. There hasn’t been a fishery on Lake Washington sockeye since 2006 and now extinction looms.
What’s worse is scientists are not even sure how to fix it, as a vortex of climate change, urbanization and predators endangers a beloved species. ....

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