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"This is national native news. I'm Jill freitas from KMA and anchorage, Alaska, filling in for Antonio Gonzalez. A bill in the Washington legislature seeks to make it easier for people who commit crimes on Native American reservations to face justice. Steve Jackson reports. The bill had a hearing in the Senate law and justice committee this week. So in a tribal prosecutor Melissa simonson says, in many cases, it can be very difficult to get those charged with a crime committed on a reservation back to face trial if they flee. In the judicial system, if a tribal court issues a warrant for serious crimes, assaults against children, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and that individual leaves the reservation. There is no access to justice, the warrant can not be collected upon by any Washington state law enforcement officer. This measure would allow a tribal prosecutor to go to the state attorney general's office or the local prosecutor's office to seek a warrant. Some who testified spoke of current agreements between tribes and individual counties to bring people to justice. Russell Brown of the Washington association of prosecuting attorneys expressed some concerns with the way the bill is currently written. He said that there might be a better way to achieve the goal with less complexity. Each tribe within Washington could enter into an agreement with the governor of Washington. There wouldn't need to be simple agreements between all the counties, for example, you wouldn't need 39 counties agreeing with 29 tribes. You would have one state compact that the tribes could agree and enter into. The bill originally passed the house on March 1st. For national native news, I'm Steve Jackson reporting from Spokane. A Guatemalan indigenous environmental activist says there was an attempt on his life this week as a bus run into the car in which he was driving on a highway in northern Guatemala. As Maria Martin reports, Bernardo could all show has been criminalized for many years as a result of his work trying to save a Guatemalan river. 51 year old Bernardo calcio is a mayak Chi teacher union activist and environmental leader in the northern Guatemalan province of Alta verapaz. He was released from prison last year after serving four years on charges Amnesty International says her spurious and retaliatory. The human rights organization has declared a quote prisoner of conscience, saying he's been criminalized for his work opposing a hydroelectric project of the cahaba river, which the kick shima considers sacred. Reported on a Facebook video that his car had been deliberately hit from behind. After he'd left court for a mandatory appearance in the city of goban. Gal complained of back and chest pain, standing alongside his almost totally destroyed vehicle. He says he fears for his life and is asking Guatemalan authorities to investigate the incident. But some analysts doubt that Bernardo cultural would get justice from the same system that's worked to criminalize him and other Guatemalan indigenous activists for years. For national native news. Former president of the Navajo Nation Ben Shelley passed away from a long-term illness on Wednesday at the age of 75. Shelley served as a member of the Navajo Nation council for more than a decade beginning in the early 1990s before being elected as vice president in 2007. He went on to becoming president of the tribe through 2015. He also served as a county commissioner. Shelley is being remembered for his longtime leadership and is credited for establishing the Navajo transitional energy company, which was created to achieve greater sovereignty over the tribe's natural resources. A private service is being held, but the tribe is working on a public memorial. Flags in the Navajo Nation
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"Slowing down and moving over saves lives on Washington state freeways. Bill Schwartz reports. Just over a year ago, 49 year old Joe Masterson lost his life doing an important job on interstate 5 near fife. A suspected drunk driver plowed into a disabled box truck and Joe's tow truck. They fatality crashes and close calls are more frequent. And worse and worse every day as he was worse out there, what driver is not carrying about people working out here. Longtime Clark county two operator Jake beals knows the risks of a dangerous occupation. We work in traffic all day at 70 miles an hour with cars inches from us. The only thing that we have to save our lives out there is that thin three inch white line. Beals tells me he sees all sorts of bad driving behavior. Cell phones are the big thing everybody says, oh, we're on Bluetooth. Well, you're in a conversation, you're not paying attention. It doesn't matter Bluetooth or not. Drugs and alcohol is a big factor. And just selfishness of not moving over on this room to get by for us to have our room to work. While tow truck operators wear bright clothing and their trucks have amber and red lights blinking, the towing and recovery association of Washington, once another safety color. It's been proven that blue light saved lives in Nebraska and New Mexico does it. And they dropped more than half of their fatalities from so drug operators by doing this. The so called blue light Bill has been heard by the Washington legislature's transportation committee, the bill opposed by the state police chiefs and sheriffs association who want blue lights for law enforcement vehicles only. For now, all people working on our state highways urged drivers to slow down 10 mph move over one lane approaching at emergency or work zone. Road workers, please officers, medical fire, anybody on the roads of the light flashing, give us carling. It's the law, not doing so, carries a minimum $500 fine and could end in
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"A minimum break from class. The bill calls for a minimum of 45 minutes of recess for elementary students 30 minutes if the day is less than 5 hours. Supporters pointed to studies that show the physical and emotional development benefits of that unstructured play time. Alex Estrada, who testified with several of his blame middle school 7th grade classmates, told the state Senate committee recess reduces violence and increases inclusiveness. In section one recess may not be withheld as a disciplinary or punitive action or to have a student complete academic work. This is very important and should be prohibited instead of strongly discouraged. Emily Carter with special Olympics Washington says the physical activity is especially good for students with disabilities. All too often our students with disabilities are considered a different category or exception. Recess should be inclusive always. Other concerns, including scheduling and staffing issues this minimum standard might present are expected to be part of later hearings. Ryan Harris northwest news radio. Replacement of the I 5 bridge to Portland is on track for completion of the draft environmental impact statement later this year, plans for this year also include work with both the Oregon and Washington legislatures to get them to put up equal amounts of money with the evergreen state already ahead with a $1 billion contribution. The program's assistant administrator Frank green says for 2023 they will also be aggressive on getting as much federal money as possible both from infrastructure and transit grants, Greene says, with inflation factored in. The most likely cost that we'll be planning toward budgeting toward as well as developing board is in the $6 billion range. That price tag hinges on work starting in late 2025, staying on schedule over a ten year period. New technologies for collecting road tolls are under consideration by the state transportation commission which might include the end of wash dots good to go transponders. Francisco torab alab of equipment vendor bliss way says that they can put smaller wireless solar panels solar powered I should say license plate readers on roadsides that can capture more cars in the current tech, in places where a toll is reduced for carpools, there's an artificial intelligence verification system, and he also says for the technology and then gets paid as a percentage of every toll it helps to collect. He's very aligned with the agency, because if we can't identify the vehicle, we will make money as simple as that. He also says that things like carpool enforcement can be flexible and adjusted based on wash dots needs or wants. We check to be consuming sports desk with Bill Schwartz at ten and 40 minutes past the hour a retired ball player from Thurston county is eager to coach the Mariners. Won't let be a resident Steven vogt had an emotional farewell from playing baseball last fall in Oakland. Instead of enjoying retirement, he's chosen to stay connected with the game as a bullpen
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"97 7. A positive day for stocks, the advance led by technology and retail issues. The down dust use edged up 56 points, the S&P 500 rolls 34, and the tech heavy NASDAQ composite rebounded 162 or one and a half percent. With targets set to report fiscal third quarter results tomorrow morning, the retailer shares jumped 4% today. Investors seem to be optimistic about what target will say in the wake of a strong report this morning from discount retail giant Walmart. Room for improvement Microsoft said today it would update its harassment policy in the wake of a third party report that showed shortcomings and how the software giant deals with complaints. This year after Microsoft shareholders approved a plan for its board to publish a review of workplace sexual harassment and gender discrimination policies. That's your money now. I'm Jim chesko, northwest news radio. DUI related fatalities in Washington state are rising as we approach a dangerous time of year, northwest news radios Bill Schwartz reports. Washington state saw a surge in driving under the influence fatalities during the pandemic and were going in the wrong direction In 2021, we had 95 fatal crashes that were alcohol related. So far in 2022, we've had 87. And we're not done with the year. We're going into one of the worst times of the year with the holidays. Dennis mon is Pacific Northwest regional director for mad. Mothers against drunk driving. Yes, between 2019 and 2021, more folks were working from home. But some on the roads and freeways became risk takers. People were speeding more. They were being more reckless and impaired driving increase during the pandemic and we think that's largely to blame for the increases. People still haven't changed their behaviors. Matt expects legislation introduced in the next session of the Washington legislature to lower the blood alcohol content threshold from .08 to .05. Utah is the only other state in the country at that level, and it's been working. They had a 20% decrease in the fatal
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"Radio's Kim shepherd reports. On Sunday morning, we will all begrudgingly turn our clocks back an hour relegating ourselves to a winter of darkness. Now the Washington legislature passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, but we can't actually make the change until Congress acts, and so far it just hasn't been a priority. So here we go again, not only challenging our own circadian rhythms, but as it turns out, creating additional danger for wildlife. Doctor Callum Cunningham is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington. We've been studying various aspects of the way that humans influence animals and we were in the course of a completely different project. Looking at the patterns of animal and human activity in relation to sunrise and sunset and one of the most striking unnatural features of that pattern is this really abrupt change in the timing of sunrise and sunset twice a year when we change between time systems. Of course, we humans can trust our phone reminders and alarm clocks to keep us on schedule, but wildlife rely on mother nature alone. Callum and his partner Laura prue wanted to understand more about the implications. So we went out and contacted every stakes Department of Transportation agency and asked them if they had data on collisions with wildlife and it turns out there was a huge amount of data in these databases mostly collected from police reports when people struck at the end. So importantly, these datasets told us the times of each collision. Deer aren't the only animals that get run over, but Callum says they are far and away the most common accounting for about 90% of these encounters. So looking at the crash data, they started to create models of what would have happened if the time and the sunset were shifted and our forward, or in our back. As we transition from this week, the next week, when we're on standard time, and that occurs because we've got more people driving out the dark, who has more difficult to be able to save the animals. And when it's probably more difficult for them to respond to rapidly approaching headlines. It's worth noting that there was no such difference in the morning around sunrise. And there's also a bigger disparity when we change the clocks in the fall versus in the spring. Because this is the time of year deer are most likely to be distracted by the rutting season. If we were to adopt a lifesaving time, as the permanent year round in time system, it would prevent about 37,000 beer deaths, 33 human deaths, more than 2000 women in injuries, and $1.2 billion in economic savings. And that's the plan that's already been adopted by the U.S. Senate still waiting for action in the house to make the shift to daylight saving permanent, meaning we would stick with our
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"They'll be using these words. Wow. I'm pretty sure he got in with that. That's the damnest thing I've ever seen to watch on. Ryan Calvert. Northwest news radio. In other times, I think I see that in the mount baker tunnel going home. That's a little scary. Isn't it? Well, authorities in Denver say slippery snow conditions led to a 100 car pile up in Denver this morning why it cessna telling ABC News it was too late to stop at the time he figured out what was happening. I was on my way to work and I come up over the hill on 6th and there was a bunch of cars piled up and tried my best to stop, but it wasn't working out. And thankfully, no serious injuries reported. You know, I used to live in Denver and I gotta tell you there was one time when I literally had to stop on the freeway and park my car under an overpass because the hail was coming down so hard that it was starting to crack windshields. They have some wild weather out there. We should be glad for our light rain. And the wind and everything else we're dealing with here tonight. All right, let's check on your drive right now from the dubin law group traffic center. Michael convery. You know, typically we give husky football traffic on Saturdays, but they're playing a rare Friday night game tonight and we're seeing delays trying to get into the Motley area. First of all, high 5 southbound is pretty slow now from northgate all the way up to the off ramp there for 45th. And again, we've talked about the westbound 5 20 backup. It continues. We're pretty slow at a yarrow point. All the way across the span into mount Lake, and again, that game is scheduled for 7 30 tonight. Westbound I 90 is also running pretty slow just inside of four O 5 all the way across the span through the mount pager tunnel. I 5 south now we're still seeing the lays down on the south sound area from essentially Tacoma all the way down into the nisqually area and northbound I 5 up in snohomish county is running slow from Everett off and on all the way up into Marysville. Our next northwest traffic comes up at 6 24 and with a southerly wind we're seeing now a lot of white caps tossing up against the floating bridges. All right, let's talk about the weather here with windy and rainy conditions continuing tonight. Lowe's near 40 rain tomorrow and Sunday, although the wind dies down tomorrow's high in the 50s Sunday only in the upper 30s to low 40s. Downtown Seattle temperature now 56° at 6 15, news radio 1000 FM 97 7 you're information station sponsored by Michael chute casino. Thanks for joining us. I'm Rick fan sized Bill O'Neill at the editor's desk along with Kim shepherd. On Sunday morning, we will all begrudgingly turn our clocks back an hour relegating ourselves to a winter of darkness. Now the Washington legislature passed
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"In Seattle Stay connected stay informed with the northwest's only all news station Northwest news radio Good evening it is 8 O 5 I'm Kelly blier and here's what's happening A stretch of I four O 5 will be closed in both directions and values starting at ten tonight and lasting through the weekend Cruz will start tearing down the Main Street bridge demolition is part of the DOT's work to widen I four O 5 between Renton and Bellevue Drivers headed northbound will be detoured as southeast 8th street then to a 116th avenue northeast Southbound you'll be detoured at northeast fourth street down 112 avenue northeast That's come four as Kelly coupons A couple of Washington state senators dug in their heels over what they say has been a lack of compromise from Portland over the I 5 bridge replacement The story from Ryan Harris The beef came during discussion of the preliminary bridge design called the modified locally preferred alternative when Clark county senator Ann rivers said it feels like Washington's done all the compromising with one of its priorities cutting traffic congestion pushed down the priority list What was compromised from the Portland side We do have a much smaller bridge What did they give up Portland city commissioner Joanne hardesty said if they were building the bridge just for Portland it would be quote radically different It may not even have automobiles on it We're not building it for Portland and we did compromise quite a bit to get to where we are Our bridge committee members have to report to the Washington legislature by August 1st including on the bridge.
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"Says he will continue to serve A couple of Washington state senators dug in their heels over what they say has been a lack of compromise from Portland over the I 5 bridge replacement the story for Ryan Harris The beef came during discussion of the preliminary bridge design called the modified locally preferred alternative when Clark county senator Ann rivers said it feels like Washington's done all the compromising with one of its priorities cutting traffic congestion pushed down the priority list What was compromised from the Portland side We do have a much smaller bridge What did they give up Portland city commissioner Joanne hardesty said if they were building the bridge just for Portland it would be quote radically different It may not even have automobiles on it We're not building it for Portland and we did compromise quite a bit to get to where we are Our bridge committee members have to report to the Washington legislature by August 1st including on the bridge design but they say they're hesitant to pick one before the funding is in place because it might force them to make more changes to the plans Ryan Harris northwest news radio 6 34 busy day on the roads Natalie Melendez joins us now with the latest from the dubin law group traffic center It's a really busy out there and issaquah on I 90 west and accident M1 80th blocking the HOV lane and the left lane there and it's looking sluggish seeing two issues in Seattle I 5 south the accident at exit one 73 is cleared I'm still seeing slow and go traffic from exit one 74 And outside of downtown Seattle on Howell street the traffic lights at Bohr avenue are not working so treat that as a four way stop This report is sponsored by Microsoft casino Is your destination for gaming with more than 3000 gaming machines action packed table games delectable dining and the largest smoke free gaming area in the state The biggest and best in the northwest Our next note plus traffic at 6 44 Okay the weekend is here people want to know what the weather's going to be like Shannon O'Donnell has the latest from the 1530 mortgage dot com weather center Well after such a soggy and cool.
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"And this week in Washington the state surpassed more than a million COVID-19 infections since the pandemic started in all more than 48,000 people have been sent to hospitals in more than 10,000 have died Our state's restaurant in lodging operators say they need more help to avoid another wave of closures like the one in 2020 that forced thousands to shut down Washington hospitality association CEO Anthony Anton says hotels and motels had a double whammy first because they were left out of some of the relief programs and second the eviction moratorium which Anton says not only led to people staying in rooms for months without pain but also led to many damage rooms Anton points to examples like one operator in Thurston county was 6 figure losses and others who required hazardous material cleanup with room repairs These are individual operators who now have to figure out how do I recover this and I can't deal or shut off the valve of these costs because of the way the eviction moratorium works Anton says they have a couple of items working through Congress that could provide some much needed relief but they're also counting on you to keep supporting them as they work to recover A lot of big waves but nothing serious along the West Coast Saturday while our area was under a tsunami advisory after a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific Suzanne fond reports for Edmonds So far most places around Washington state have seen little to no major surge in the water This doesn't look like it's going to be a devastating impact on our coast It's not an evacuation story but it's important to be aware of what that means when the advisory comes But most people agree it's what the tsunami advisory signifies That means so much I think it's more of just How incredible the ocean is and how everything is so interconnected and how one thing that can happen thousands of miles away can definitely still have a huge impact on us over here Suzanne fallen The tsunami advisory was canceled around four 30 Saturday afternoon Washington is one of a handful of states that will fund and staff a new universal suicide hotline when it goes active across the country in July Washington's legislature passed laws to raise funds for the hotline through a telecom fee The millions it raises will go toward implementing the 9 8 8 hotline which puts people in contact with clinicians who assess them and direct them to services And Portland saw record number of homicides last year the city recorded 90 murders amid a surge in gun violence The previous high was 66 set 30 years ago the 90 homicides were more than doubled the number of slains Seattle saw in 2021 Common news time is three ten as we head over to the Beacon plumbing sports desk Matt mattson has our sports headlines Just about midway through the forty-niners in cowboys wildcard game first time those two have met in the postseason since 1995 that's the same year San Francisco one Super Bowl 29 Made out of the Buccaneers are moving on to the divisional round after topping the eagles 31 15 Tom Brady throwing two touchdowns with one going to Mike Evans and the other going to Rob Gronkowski women's college hoops huskies now in a two game skid after dropping an afternoon matchup with USC 73 76 the final elsewhere Washington state falls to UCLA 71 55 That puts the cougars at ten and 6 overall and engulf Russell Henley comes into the final round of the Sony open in Hawaii at 18 under.
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"The day's top local stories coming up after ABC News In less than two hours NASA will launch a falcon rocket out of California's vandenberg Space Force base in the bid to learn if we can stop asteroids that could devastate the earth The dark mission as it's known will slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to knock it off course It'll be the first time humans have ever tried to redirect an asteroid about ten months after launch the spacecraft which is about the size of a large vending machine will reach the massive asteroid about 7 million miles away and crash into it as 15,000 mph ABC's geo Benitez Here on earth the federal jury in Charlottesville Virginia ordered 17 white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay $26 million in damages for the deadly unite the right rally in 2017 In the bid to bring down gasoline prices President Biden ordered the release of a record 50 million barrels of crude oil from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve unclear when drivers will see relief Richard can't do ABC News Komo news 1000 FM 97 7 news art Sanders top local stories from the como 24 7 news center COVID case and hospitalization numbers continue to fall and snohomish county where kids 14 and under make up about 20% of the new cases that's up for about 10% with the rise pegged to the return to in person school county health officer doctor Chris spitters says winter could slow the decline or send numbers back up It's highly unlikely that this 5th wave of COVID is the last one and it's likely that we're going to be dealing with waves Hopefully of smaller intensity and duration You know it could continue for several years Spiders says we all need to have common sense to protect ourselves and each other including more vaccine coverage to limit transmission and keep hospitals from being swamped He says there is still pretty full because people are seeking care They've delayed but can't put off any longer For more than a year now a minority Republicans in the Washington legislature have called for limits on governor Jay inslee's emergency powers but now even some Democrats are expressing their frustration Almost Carlyle Johnson reports In a piece by Austin Jenkins on the northwest news network lawmakers from both parties were asked about reining in the governor's broad emergency powers Democratic state representative Amy wallet agrees elected legislators should be playing a role You know there's three branches of government for a reason And I represent a 135 some thousand people And my role should not just be to say I will express your concerns to the governor's office The governor's issued emergency powers more than two dozen times since the start of the pandemic most recently mandating proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to attend large gatherings Other states have taken other courses I recognize that We're a state that believes we ought to save lives Just ten states including Washington still have a mask mandate in place Carling Johnson Come on news T mobile will pay nearly $20 million due to a 9-1-1 outing The company is agreed to pay $19.5 million in a settlement with the FCC over a 12 hour nationwide outage in June of last year that resulted in thousands of failed 9-1-1 calls The FCC's investigation said the outage began because of a failure in part of T mobile's network which was made worse by routing in software problems This is not the first time such outages have happened T mobile paid a 17 and a half $1 million fine after two related nationwide service outages on the same day in August of 2014 Jeff pagella come on news In a statement T mobile said it was a short term isolated outage and they have taken steps to prevent it from happening again Come on whose time ate 34 and traffic.
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"Oh, AJ officials now recommend that unvaccinated people who are exposed to someone with covert 19 should quarantine for 14 days. Previously the away J and the CDC said a 10 Day quarantine or a seven day quarantine with a negative covert test or acceptable alternatives, But with the rise in cases, they say, a 14 day quarantine is the best option to prevent the spread. Those were fully vaccinated are not required to quarantine if they're exposed to a person with Cove in 19, a man is jailed for unlawful use of a weapon after a homeowner caught him breaking into his vehicle early yesterday morning in Dallas, east of Salem, Dallas. Police say they responded to the home on southeast for Villa world where the homeowner was fighting with the suspect, and both were reported to have guns. Officers in Polk County Sheriff's deputies detain the suspect ever nearly his firearm looked like a real handgun but turned out to be a BB gun dealer is also charged with robbery theft, unlawful entry into a motor vehicle in possession of methamphetamine. Washington Legislature passed a bill to cap carbon pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Washington Governor Jay Inslee says this is a major step forward in the state's effort to battle climate change. We finally have meaningful climate legislation. That reflects the values and priorities of Washingtonians and that respects the science of climate change. Bill makes Washington the second state of the U. S. To pass such extensive climate change legislation and the second Monday of October would be indigenous Peoples Day, an organ under a bill that passed by the Organ House. The state will no longer recognize Columbus Day..
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"You're listening to ABC News. Our top story. Washington Governor James Lee is setting a goal of vaccinating 45,000 people a day even though the federal government isn't providing that money, doses of covert 19 vaccine and the reason for this is that we always want her capacity for vaccinations. Actually get the shot. Match or exceed the number of doses we actually are getting from the federal government. To achieve that goal. Lindsley is allowing anyone 65 over to get vaccinated. Plus people 50 and older living in multigenerational housing can get immunized state is organizing mass vaccination clinics. Three public private partnership. Clackamas County Commissioner Mike Shoulders, apologized the Islamic community in the black community for comments he made that I've been called racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic. Never got the feeling that I did not value. Your citizenship. In this nation. Please forgive I never comment that came show mad with community leaders of the Muslim educational pressed, he says the conversation must move forward, and he called for increased focus on positive interaction. Shoal says his comments were taken out of context and may have been made public by a political rival. 600. National Guard members are working with the Washington State Patrol to protect the state Capitol in Olympia. WSB. Sergeant Darren right, says they're about no issues, and their goal is to keep it that way. I'm sure that the Democratic process does continue uninterrupted. And that we were able to protect the building and the people doing their job inside that building. The Washington Legislature is in session on January 6th the same day as the riot of the U. S. Capitol, demonstrators broke into the gate of the governor's mansion next to the capital and.
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"The hardest times for breweries is January and February. With some alterations. He has resumed endorsed service. There wasn't a giant announcement or anything. It was just sort of floated out there Bare Grower's guild that this had changed and it was sort of up to each of us to figure out what that meant to each individual's. There are a handful of hoops dining room still have to go through in order to open and it really does depend on where you are. And while that's working for some others demand fewer rules and lower taxes before they can afford to re opened. Well, there's no signs of fewer rules. The Washington Legislature is working on bipartisan changes that would lower employment taxes for these business owners and millions of dollars in emergency grants. Not have been passed yet, but many pieces of legislation or being heard this week. Brian Calvert Co. Moh news Seattle police officer was fired after he reached back to the seventies divided, derogatory nickname for a black suspect comes Corwin ache. The Seattle Times reports. The unnamed Seattle officer was fired after he referred to the man as Kunta Kinte. A. That's the name of an enslaved Black African in the Alex Haley novel and 1977 TV miniseries Roots. Summary from the Seattle Office of Professional Accountability, says the officer used the roots name plus a profanity after the incident during a discussion with fellow officers. Now the question is, Will he stay fired Last week, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan complained before a legislative committee fired officers are often reinstated on appeal. It is very dissembling to community and two officers if the decisions of a sheriff in chief could be overturned by an arbitrator without good cause proposed state legislation aims to tighten the union mandated arbitration process. Corwin Heiko, Mo News, someone whose time 10 34 straight ahead, automatically restoring voting rights for convicted felons once they're out of custody. I'm Carleen Johnson the new legislation in Olympia..
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"Of floated out there Bare Grower's guild that this had changed and it was sort of up to each of us tow figure out what that meant to each individual spot. There are a handful of hoops dining room still have to go through in order to open and it really does depend on where you are. And while that's working for some others demand fewer rules and lower taxes before they can afford to re opened. Well, there's no signs of fewer rules. The Washington Legislature is working on bipartisan changes that would lower employment taxes for these business owners and millions of dollars in emergency grants. None of them passed yet but many pieces of legislation of being heard this week. Brian Calvert Co. Moh news on Wednesday a bill that would move the entire state to phase two of the pandemic reopening plan will get a hearing before the Senate state government and Elections Committee faced who would allow gyms and restaurants to reopen for indoor service at 25% capacity. One of Bill's sponsor says We should be cautious about reopening but not overly cautious. Coming up here on the comb all morning news Your president Trump, please ignore our governor. I'm Corwin. Hey, CA Congress Members Plea for Wildfire Aid at 6 34. Let's check your driver. Couple traffic every 10 minutes from the dupe in law Group Traffic center. Here's Tammy building. Traffic is so polite this morning. I'm seeing for the first time on the Valley Freeway. Just past highway 18 north bound 167 right around 15th Street Northwest. Ah, little bit of slowing. This is aces for a traffic reporter. And I'm also seeing a little bit of slowing through the s curves right around sunset. But other than that, it seems all of our highways and freeways are wide open and moving at the speed limit. And some of the mountain passes. We're not expecting any weather right now or for the rest of the week. Really? So we've got no restrictions, except for traction Tire advisory for Steven's pants. The next traffic reported 6 44 Tammy Bennett for Come on news traffic sponsored this time by Beacon plumbing, heating and electrical called Beacon today, say $50 in all heating and air conditioning. Just call 1 800 freaking and stop.
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"Cove, Bathroom and Shower, Remodel. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. I'm Rick fan sites are editor is Jeremy Greater along with ELISA Jaffe. President Trump is urging his supporters to remain peaceful at rallies in the coming days. In a video released today, he denounced the violence at last week's U. S. Capitol protests that left several people dead. And said true supporters of his would never resort to violence. In a videotaped speech to a mostly remote meeting of the Washington Legislature. Governor Inslee today told lawmakers that following the challenges of 2020, the state must move to a new normal. It was his third inaugural address. Lawmakers are gonna need to address a multitude of issues, including equity, affordable housing and climate change. There's a couple in Burlington and they live to dance, not even cove. It could stop the music for these two. They're the stars of Eric's Heroes today. Brought to us by the team at retirement Solution. Eric Johnson here with the story. Look, you've been on YouTube. Right? There is something about people dancing that makes us happy. And I am so thrilled to put the story out into the world tonight because it makes me happy. And I know it's going to make everybody else happy to Jerry and Jerry. One with a Y one with an eye. They live in Burlington, and they just go out and dance. So what happened is when covert hit. They used to chase music, live music all over the scheduled valley. They couldn't do that anymore. So they want in their driveway and started dancing and the neighbors all started gathering around and cheering and clapping Because I'm telling you what you see them dance, you're going to realize why it's just this life affirming, joyous thing. Thing, the jitterbug. They've got the moves. They get dressed up. So then what they started doing is going all over the place and doing it and accordance and look, Connor and Mount Vernon and they get dressed up. She and high heels him in a suit. He were saddle shoes all the time. Oh, he's a dandy, and they just show up. They bring their boom box. They start playing some music and some square somewhere. And they start dancing. How long if they've been dancing together? And what did they say? That does for them as a couple? Well, it's each of their second marriage. You know, it's so funny. I wanted to go down the romance. So you're bringing romance into the world which they are, but that's not really what they wanted to talk about. They just wanted to talk about being happy, she said. It makes me happy from the inside out when I dance, and it also makes other people happy. So they see that is their mission to just go out there. Dance. Dance dance and make people happy. But they've been together for several years. Now they just love jitter. Bye. They don't waltz because Jerry with a Y doesn't like to waltz. He only likes to jitterbug and wait till you see some of the facial expressions and the moves These guys have. How old are these two? She's 78 0. He's 81. So this isn't a couple whipper snappers out there. I mean these thieves to been around a little bit, but you know, it's very obvious watching him that it keeps them young. When you say there are people there around them. What's that? Like to see them? Do they start dancing to are they just in awe? We saw a mom and a baby start dancing while we were there, But mostly people just kind of smile and tap their toes and their hearts are filled by watching these two Be so happy and there was one guy we talked to who said, you know, it reminds me of the old days when people weren't afraid to really show their happiness Which kind of struck me they are. Outwardly exhibiting their happiness for the world, and it reminds me of growing up and how great it was just on the weekend to stay in your room and dance to American Bandstand. Remember, it was so cool. That was just the thing to do is to be able to be home and dance did that Even when I was alone, I knew I was a bad dancer. But I can see you with the hairbrush singing along, you know? Well, you you especially are just gonna love these. Can't wait. That's tonight At six on camo news. Thanks, Eric. You bad You are saddle shoes, didn't you? I knew that you know for a little while, but the way after they were cool because then I thought they were cool again..
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"97 7 Good morning to take 31, With some light rain continuing to fall in Seattle, the temperature is 44 degrees, along with Greg Herschel time Manda Factor here. The top stories from the Come on. 24 7 News Center expect to see tighter security than normal at the state Capitol when the Washington Legislature convenes on Monday. The heavier presence comes after rioters stormed the U. S Capitol and protesters in Olympia broke through a gate on the governor's mansion property in Olympia on Wednesday, and we get more from comas. Jonathan shows lawmakers on both sides of the aisle ER, still on edge and worried about security. We have to be able to do our business and not be intimidated and scared if protesters show up Monday. There are concerns a repeat of Washington, D. C could play out in Olympia. That's why Republican State Senator Phil Fortunato says changes are coming. We're gonna have to go get checked in individually going into the Capitol Building. State Patrol also says, Expect heavy security on the Capitol grounds, along with more troopers in and around the area. The sight of rioters at the U. S Capitol building Wednesday was stunning to Americans. And it's causing a lot of people to say those writers were treated differently than the BLM protesters were last year. There's a double standard in protest all across America. So yes, we see it on the Grand Scale and Washington D. C. But we also see it right here in Seattle as someone who's lived through and documented the unrest in Seattle converge, Media's Omari Salisbury says. Whether it's the writers in Seattle, causing destruction on our streets or the trump extremists who ravaged the capital. It highlights a difference and how protesters of different races are treated. What do you think they would have this much tolerance on Capitol Hill? If those nightly demonstrations were all black kids, activists say the way forward will be more important than ever until we're willing to acknowledge our history together, then we can't move forward, made his comments to co most. Tammy Natasa, State lawmaker in Oregon, is under investigation, accused of opening the doors of the state Capitol in Salem and inviting violent protesters. Insides. Coehlo score one headache. The incident in question happened Last month, Demonstrators stormed the state Capitol December 21st during a reopen Oregon rally, smashing windows and gaining entrance while lawmakers were inside for a special session for people were arrested. Now our news partner K two is reporting, Oregon State police told House Speaker Tina Coat check. They have confirmed a Republican state representative named Mike Niermann opened the door to allow protesters into the building is a serious, serious breach of public trucks. This is speaker coat check his actions put staff and legislators and law enforcement in danger, She says. Legislators and staff who are also persons of color were especially terrorized because the rhetoric of the demonstrators Is out of the trump playbook and very much caters to wait. Supremacist Motivations chairman has offered no comment. Kotex says she is currently exploring options to address near Mons alleged actions. Corwin Hate Coma News Coming up on the comb all morning news. More school district's announcing plans to return students to in person instruction. I'm Carleen Johnson. 34 right now. And traffic.
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"In our prisons and jails because his parents gonna force $7500 a month to have him. And, uh, community Vice mental health facility. LeMay said. All right outside of San Diego, where the sun always shines, but you had that same person was schizophrenic born into poverty. Then they don't have those advantages, and they'll end up in our prisons and jails, and he's hoping to make a little more headway in the Washington Legislature this year, but His difficulty, he says, is that people have an image of who former prisoners are. So it's tough until you do something about the hate and anger and ignorance really hate in ignorance that the general population are civil society has Former president. You're not gonna solve this problem. Ari Cohen, who runs the Post Prison education program, a 23 It's time for a traffic report. Here's Chris Sullivan. Well, we're still dealing with a couple of places that haven't quite given up the heavy slowing and one of them for certain is that North bound I five drivers. You're trying to make your way from the north end of Boeing Field right around al grow in the Michigan Kirby gets really slow. And I'm talking really slow bumper to bumper there is you work your way past the I 90 quarter. I'm not sure if we have something right there that I can't quite see from the cameras. But It gets pretty heavy, and you've got about a 30 minute trip still from South Center into Seattle about 10 minutes slower than it should be. The good news is, you won't really hit the brakes at all from the you know the East and it's come all the way up to that spot on I five so 42 minutes all the way from federal way The red to the Bellevue Drive's still very difficult, but it's getting better. It's thinning out. So more red on the map than black, which means you're do kind of have the feeling that you're moving somewhere. 35 minutes from rented to Bellevue was not too bad compared to where we were earlier out of the north end. We've come back down to 30 minutes or less from ever to Seattle or Bellevue. I mentioned Pierce County has cleared out nicely. Olympia to Tacoma is quiet to coma itself. Really? Not all that bad at all. 16 is quiet from gig Harbor across the Narrows all the way into Tacoma. 5 12 is not bad, even if the West and as you're trying to go west to I five in your quiet on that part of the Valley Freeway as well, Kyra Radio, real time traffic on the threes. I'm Chris Sullivan. I see sunshine, but not until Thursday. Actually, for Christmas. I got one of those controllable WiFi lights have seen those. No. You plug him in you down. You.
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"Were Seattle school system is now saying that the students are vaccinated they can't return to class some of you will think that's a very move some of you will think that's restricted so let me just tell you what's going on we'll talk about it so school students in Seattle have until January aides to get vaccinated or they cannot return to school about two thousand students need their immunization records updated that's going to Seattle school spokesman Tim Robinson the school division sent letters to parents last week and are now offering free immunization clinics help expedite the process comments will be available Monday and Friday of next week they say we're doing everything we can here at the sprint to the finish line to get as many students of that is possible we don't want anybody missing out on any educational time old Robinson told CNN affiliate K. O. M. O. TV that the schools have a plan if students don't have accident by the deadline if a student comes to school in the eighth and the records are up to date they'll just be held aside in the garden will be contacted should a student missed school because the lack of the with his requirements there miss days will be counted as unexcused absences now I know this is going to cause a lot of controversy they say Seattle schools ultimatum to parents follows the law which requires students be fully vaccinated last may Washington legislatures remember pass the bill it became launch a light that families can not use personal or philosophical reasons to avoid having the children vaccinated with MMR the bill's passage followed a measles outbreak of the state earlier that year member governor Jay Inslee had to take care of the class emergency please and all we want is for people all over all we want is for all people are schools to be able to come to school and not worry about getting a disease that is vaccine preventable that's a gorgeous semi hollow and still see Adil schools student health services