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For five years a Snoqualmie woman escalated her emails and calls to city officials to further investigate her rape case. A judge told her to stop.

Initiative 2066 aimed to keep gas as a utility option for consumers. But potential court challenges could complicate putting it into action.

A citizen panel recommends the pay bump, which would push annual salaries over $70,000, to keep pace with growing duties and rising costs of living.

Of the minority of sex crimes that result in convictions, 60% end with guilty pleas to lesser offenses, leaving survivors disillusioned with the process.

While social media and dating apps have become hotbeds of child sex trafficking, Washington legislation has done little to stop it.

Though the report said agencies are complying with the law, they could do better at helping people reclaim seized property and tracking demographic data.

Courts could have collected over $2.5 million in fees in the past decade, which would have gone to programs to alleviate trafficking. Why didn’t they?

Laws on unexcused absences are meant to keep kids safe, but a lack of resources and fear of court have kept districts from completing necessary steps.

No one was looking for Kit Nelson-Mora, despite warning signs, until a friend contacted police over a year after their disappearance in Omak.

Too many cases, too few lawyers and too little money hurt local governments’ ability to provide effective counsel to those with financial constraints.