The four-and-a-half-month course includes 720 classroom and training hours. Subjects include patrolling, psychology, field tactics, driving, communication and de-escalation skills, criminal law, serving court orders, searches and seizures, Miranda warnings, crime scene...

School boards would also be asked to comply with a model policy, and adopt a curriculum that includes the perspectives and experiences of historically marginalized groups, including diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, racial and...

In a bold move to end child marriage in Washington, Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, introduced House Bill 1455, which has now been delivered to Gov. Inslee’s desk for signature. Current Washington law...

Currently, the average price of an electric school bus is $412,907 while the corresponding average price of a gas or diesel bus is $142,154, according to OSPI.“This is to move it forward...

House Bill 2270 proposed the creation of a Washington State Department of Housing. Currently, multiple state departments are involved in housing, including the departments of Health, Commerce and Revenue. The creation of a...

Prime Sponsor Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, said that polling, conducted following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, that showed that a fifth of Americans aged 18-29 believe the Holocaust is a...

Her angry older brother shot her with a 30-30 rifle when she was 8. One shell went through her arm and leg because she was crouching. She spent two years in and...

Cortes said that while programs providing housing and supportive services do exist, they often cut off eligibility when a person turns 18, which may explain in part why homelessness numbers are so...