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Northwest News

Details: Written by By GABE STERN, JAMES POLLARD and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press; Published: 20 March 2023

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State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 20 March 2023

Detective Denise “Cookie” Bouldin filed the tort claim Friday. It alleges she has faced daily discrimination during her 43 years with the department.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 16 March 2023

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Two BNSF trains derailed in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington state on Thursday, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 16 March 2023

The package would dedicate about $200 million to the construction of more affordable housing, rehouse about 1,200 people without homes, prevent homelessness for more than 8,000 and expand shelter capacity by 600 beds.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 15 March 2023

PCC student using a CNC machine.

$300,000 grant will fund an ambitious new program.

Details: Written by D. Kennedy; Published: 14 March 2023

The district attributes significant improvement in graduation rate to its multi-tiered efforts to better serve students of color, including allocating funds in alignment with racial equity and social justice.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 13 March 2023

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No Labels says it is seeking ballot access in many states and will use it to run a Republican and Democrat for president and vice president “if the two parties select unreasonably divisive presidential nominees."

Details: Written by CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 12 March 2023

Oregon lawmakers are deciding whether to make the state the second in the nation with Connecticut to mandate climate change is taught in shools. High schoolers have submitted support for the bill saying students must learn about one of the world’s most pressing issues, but parents and teachers are divided

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 10 March 2023

Senate Bill 5352 would allow a law enforcement officer to initiate a chase if the officer has reasonable suspicion that a person in a vehicle has committed or is committing a crime.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 10 March 2023

If the Senate approves it and it's signed into law, Washington would join nine other states that have enacted laws generally banning the sale, manufacture and transfer of assault weapons.