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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
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Democrat Nick Brown and Republican Pete Serrano are both campaigning to become Washington state's next attorney general, and these
two candidates are already quite familiar with each other. They are on opposite sides of lawsuits challenging the state's gun
laws. Brown represents the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, and is defending the state's assault weapons ban. Serrano is with the
Silent Majority Foundation, which aims to knock the ban down. In fact, Serrano has multiple lawsuits against the state, which
could prove interesting if he is elected to the attorney general's office.
King County will reopen a hotel in Kent, with the aim of using it for the Regional Homelessness Authority. This is the same hotel
that asylum seekers have been camping outside of for a while now. After dusting it off, the homelessness authority will get
priority to house people moving through its system. The county, however, is expecting the state to help out with the asylum seeker
issue with an upcoming migrant program.
There is a chance that a large area on the Olympic Peninsula will be handed over to the Quinault Indian Nation, more than 100
years after they lost access to it. The 72-acres in Grays Harbor County were actually part of the Quinault Indian Nation's
original reservation following a treaty in the 1850s, but in the 1880s, the tribe sold the land to settlers and logging
businesses. It eventually came under the federal government's purview. Now, Congressmember Derek Kilmer is proposing the Quinault
Indian Nation Land Transfer Act, which would transfer this land back to the tribe.
– Dyer Oxley
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Suki, a former circus elephant and resident of Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, died in August 2024.
Jim Hammond is Shoreline's manager for intergovernmental affairs. He said physical improvements helped reduce crime on Aurora
Avenue North. Aurora Avenue North is starkly divided at North 145th street — the border between the cities of Seattle and
Shoreline. The main question is why. South of 145th in Seattle, open prostitution has been accompanied by brazen gun battles this
summer. To the north, Shoreline officials say those problems are virtually nonexistent. But they say their prostitution loitering
law hasn’t played a significant role in that contrast. Seattle City Councilmember Cathy Moore is sponsoring legislation to address
prostitution loitering on Aurora, after a previous city council repealed those penalties in 2020. (Amy Radil / KUOW)
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