In what's being called a significant step for tribal communities, Washington state has a new law seeking to address the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women. House Bill 1713 requires the State Patrol to write best practices for how to investigate those crimes. The new law also creates two state patrol positions to work on cases of missing Native people. Read More
Students could begin wearing seat belts in school buses next year, under a proposed Washington House bill. But the bill's primary sponsor, Republican Rep. Gina Mosbrucker of Goldendale, isn’t optimistic.Read More