Police

Week in Review: Amazon, trees, and tacos

Guest host Mike Lewis discusses the week’s news with Publicola’s Erica Barnett, Insider’s Katherine Long, and KUOW’s Mike Davis.

Crime

In absence of state law, Washington cities seek bans on public drug use

Dozens of cities in Washington state are considering new bans on possession or public use of illegal drugs. That’s after state legislators failed to reach an agreement on a new drug law in the final hours of the session.

King County Sheriff urged to provide more interpreters for non-English speakers

An oversight committee is urging the King County Sheriff's Office to do better around how it communicates with people who don’t speak English.

Week in Review: an orca is returning, name changes, and jail deaths

Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Times Jonathan Martin, Publicola’s Erica Barnett, and Geekwire’s Mike Lewis

Politics

From education funding to drug use, lawmakers tweak the details in final weeks of session

Austin Jenkins with Pluribus News and host of "Inside Olympia" on TVW joined KUOW's Paige Browning and Amy Radil to break down the latest as Washington lawmakers enter the home stretch for budget negotiations and their last chance to pass bills.

Law & Courts

Citing 'significant progress,' Justice Department moves to end consent decree with Seattle police

After more than a decade, federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department may be winding down. Justice Department officials and city leaders have asked a federal judge to find the city largely in compliance with the 2012 consent decree.

Government

One WA police chief's argument for changing state vehicle pursuits law

For about two years now, police departments in Washington have had strict rules around when they can chase after suspects in their cars. Now, state lawmakers are debating a change that would loosen the restrictions around when police can and can't chase.

Crime

Missed crime lab evidence could've stopped Green River Killer decades earlier, investigation finds

During the 1980s and 1990s, detectives struggled to catch the suspect known as the Green River Killer. But according to some new investigative reporting, the Washington State Crime Lab overlooked some key evidence that could have linked Gary Ridgway to the killings as far back as the 1980s, before he took more lives.