
Non-budget bills that haven’t passed both chambers of the state legislature are now dead, including a measure that would have addressed one-man rule.
Tracy Ellis has this update.
Non-budget bills that haven’t passed both chambers of the state legislature are now dead, including a measure that would have addressed one-man rule.
Tracy Ellis has this update.
Republican lawmakers in the state legislature say it’s time to move schools and employers to the next phase now.
Tracy Ellis reports.
Senate bill 5051 would give the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission greater capability to investigate police misconduct and revoke or suspend a police officer’s license. Click here for more
Isolation, depression, and anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent social unrest are driving some teens to take their own lives, but the state Senate isn’t sitting idly by. Senator Sharon Brown’s bill that would create a tip-line and mobile app to allow students to confidentially report potential self-harm or harm to others passed unanimously in the Senate. The views expressed by individual members are not necessarily those of the entire caucus.
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Isolation, depression, and anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent social unrest are driving some teens to take their own lives, but the state Senate isn’t sitting idly by.
Tracy Ellis explains.
Washington State Senator Sharon Brown, R-Kennewick, discusses her efforts to implement the Youth Empowered to Speak-up program statewide. Here legislation, Senate Bill 5327, would create a tip line to allow students to confidentially report potential self-harm or criminal activities directed at schools, students or school employees. In the video, she talks with teen suicide prevention activist Connor Mertens of Kennewick and Benton-Franklin Community Health Alliance, who were both instrumental in advocating for the program, which has proven successful in several states.
KENNEWICK-RICHLAND-PASCO, WA