STATE

City Council will hear update on Bellingham's rental inspection program

By NINA WALSH Staff Reporter

April 23, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.


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EDUCATION

Education bills will expand free meals, special ed funding

Whatcom schools to benefit

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GOVERNMENT

Bills advance that favor police, housing density

Whatcom, Skagit lawmakers support pursuits bill

TRANSPORTATION

Ferry runs aground near Seattle; no injuries reported

There were 596 passengers and 15 crew members aboard

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ENVIRONMENT

Washington mulls future of salmon hatcheries

Possible plans weigh conservation, economy, treaty rights

LAW & JUSTICE

Anacortes proposes making drug use a crime

City leaders intend to divert defendants to treatment

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ENVIRONMENT

Divers brave briny Edmonds entanglements to collect marine debris

Six milk crates full of debris hauled out

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BEYOND BARS: PART III

Most people in Whatcom County's jail are in crisis

Planners want social services in new lockup

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GOVERNMENT

Democrats meet constituents at Ferndale town hall

Lawmakers discuss police pursuits, affordable housing

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GOVERNMENT

Bills to 'fix' 2021 police reforms advance in Olympia

Legislation eases police pursuit rules, tightens drug enforcement

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GOVERNMENT

Rent cap bill dies, housing density lives on in Legislature

Both parties willing to increase housing stock

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ENVIRONMENT

Explainer: Washington's first cap-and-invest auction

Auctions projected to raise almost $1.5B through 2024

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HEALTH

Washington to lift mask mandate in health care facilities

Announcement comes as statewide hospitalization rates fall

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TRANSPORTATION

Anacortes-to-B.C. ferry delayed until 2030

Officials dismayed at loss of local economic boon

LAW & JUSTICE

Court rejects deception charges against Savers Value Village

AG's office charged Value Village with deceiving public