Esmy Jimenez
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WA Legislature considering bill to ban for-profit prisons and detention centers
The Washington legislature moved one step closer to ending for-profit private detention centers in the state. House Bill 1090 passed with bipartisan support and now moves to the Senate.
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Health
Se presentan problemas en las nuevas clínicas provisionales de vacunas para latinos en Seattle
Las clínicas de vacunación provisionales en selectos vecindarios, son parte del esfuerzo de la ciudad de Seattle para llegar a los latinos más vulnerables y otros grupos afectados por Covid-19. Sin embargo se han presentado diversos problemas: desde fallas en el sitio web hasta errores con la dirección de las citas.
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Health
A few new glitches with Seattle’s pop-up vaccine clinic for Latinos
Pop-up vaccination clinics in targeted neighborhoods are part of the City of Seattle’s effort to reach more vulnerable Latinos and other groups hard-hit by Covid-19. But they’ve hit some recent snags, from website glitches to people showing up for appointments at the wrong address.
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Health
Kent postal workers struggle with Covid-19 outbreak
Postal workers in Kent are sounding the alarm after an outbreak of Covid-19 has left dozens sick at a facility in South King County.
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The last immigrant youth jail in the country moves to end contract with ICE
One of the last detention centers in the U.S. to hold undocumented immigrant youth wants to end its contract with ICE.
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Health
A freezer breaks, and a mad scramble ensues to vaccinate hundreds of Seattleites overnight
A freezer malfunction at Kaiser Permanente on Thursday led to an impromptu effort to vaccinate folks who could show up in the middle of the night.
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Politics
Inauguration Day in Seattle closes with protests and police
Inauguration Day in Seattle was marked with a protest Wednesday evening that began at Occidental Park and ended up in x. Demonstrators in black bloc said they were there to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement which they tied back to the movement for racial equity and police reform.
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Crime
How a pandemic and social unrest possibly drove up Seattle homicides in 2020
Seattle Police report 50 people were murdered in 2020 -- the highest number in 26 years. Experts think an unfortunate storm of stressors -- from the pandemic to economic turmoil to social unrest -- could be the reason behind this historic peak.
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Politics
New to Spokane, she avoids speaking Spanish. It's become that tense
"I don't know if they just don't like me because I'm brown or if they just don't like me because I'm new here."
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Health
Officials report low Covid-19 cases at Northwest Detention Center. But others say transparency is lacking
While ICE publicly reports just 22 cases of Covid-19 at the Northwest Detention Center during the pandemic, human rights researchers question the agency’s transparency.