Austin Jenkins
Stories
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Affirmative action opponents file referendum to overturn I-1000
Opponents of affirmative action filed a referendum Monday morning to overturn Initiative 1000, which majority Democrats in the Washington Legislature...
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Politics
Washington lawmakers are done this year. Here’s what they passed — and didn’t — in 2019
Washington lawmakers just wrapped up an action-packed, 105-day session with passage of the first state budget to exceed $50 billion and a bundle of tax...
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Politics
WA lawmakers pass $52.4B budget, reverse 20-year-old affirmative action ban
Washington lawmakers adjourned at midnight Sunday after majority Democrats approved an initiative to restore affirmative action and passed a $52.4...
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Politics
What's happening the last week of the Washington Legislature's session
The Washington Legislature tries to pass a $50 billion-plus budget and The Guardian links Rep. Matt Shea to a right-wing surveillance effort. Reporter Austin Jenkins talks politics with KUOW’s Angela King.
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All three living former WA governors want affirmative action back
Washington’s three living former governors testified Thursday in favor of an initiative to once again allow affirmative action policies in public...
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After dehydration death, grieving father and new jail chief forge surprising bond
Four years ago this month, 25-year-old Keaton Farris died naked, dehydrated and malnourished on the floor of an isolation cell in the Island County Jail...
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Law & Courts
He successfully sued Trump, now he's exploring bid for attorney general
Washington Solicitor General Noah Purcell, who received national attention for challenging the Trump administration's first travel ban, has announced...
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Former state lawmaker settles lawsuit against Central Washington University for $155,000
Former Washington state Rep. Matt Manweller has settled a wrongful termination lawsuit against his former employer, Central Washington University (CWU),...
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Law & Courts
Booked and buried: Northwest jails' mounting death toll
Since 2008, at least 306 people across the Northwest have died after being taken to a county jail, according to an investigation by OPB, KUOW and the Northwest News Network.
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Washington Senate Democrats propose capital gains tax, new wildfire tax
Washington Senate Democrats on Friday proposed a capital gains tax that would fund a suite of tax reductions for low-income families, small businesses...