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(The Center Square) – The Spokane City Council awarded $100,000 in police funding to a nonprofit on Monday to provide emergency aid for non-English speaking “low-income, undocumented” immigrants. The proposal from Mayor Lisa Brown’s office reached officials earlier this month after the Spokane Immigrant Rights Coalition sent a letter last September requesting funding to offset recent grant cuts. SIRC has distributed approximately $30,000 in legal aid to immigrants annually since 2021 through its “Community Justice
(The Center Square) – The House Committee on Community Safety voted to advance a bill that would allow foreign nationals to become law enforcement officers and deputy prosecutors, as well as firefighters. While proponents of Senate Bill 5068 say expanding job eligibility is necessary to address unfilled roles, critics on both the committee and people testifying warn it could have enormous negative consequences. “I think for non-citizenship – I just can’t go there,” Rep. Brian
(The Center Square) A pension advocacy group is threatening a lawsuit if the state Legislature passes a bill to take money from a pension plan, which is projected to be overfunded and closed to new members, to fill in budget gaps. Meanwhile, the bill sponsors point to analysis done by legal experts that concluded the bill provisions doesn’t undermine obligation to the pensioners. House Bill 2034 sponsored by House Appropriations Committee Chair Timm Ormsby, D-Spokane,
(The Center Square) – There was standing room only on Monday at the Washington State Legislature for a public hearing before the House Committee on Community Safety regarding a bill that would dramatically change eligibility standards for elected sheriffs. The contentious legislation also looks to give the state a path to remove elected sheriffs from office if they don’t meet new requirements. Democrats say Senate Bill 5974 is a necessary measure to hold sheriffs accountable
