
Shauna Sowersby
State Politics Reporter at Seattle Times
State politics for @seattletimes. Former state government reporter for @CascadePBSNews and @mcclatchy. Former freelancer. Navy Veteran. UW alum. (She/her)
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | David Gutman |David Kroman |Shauna Sowersby
State and local leaders in Washington are watching warily as the federal government ramps up immigration enforcement and has responded to protests by deploying the military. Amped-up immigration raids of workplaces in Southern California have been met with nearly a week of protests. President Donald Trump responded to those protests by sending in the National Guard and the Marines, against the wishes of elected leaders there. A daylong protest at the Henry M.
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3 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Shauna Sowersby
OLYMPIA — In the final days of the legislative session, lawmakers passed important changes to the Ethics in Public Service Act with little attention. At face value, Senate Bill 5143 was presented as a bill to “clean up” legislative ethics laws, but to the few lawmakers who voted against the bill, there was cause for concern. The main concern for Rep. Gerry Pollet, D-Seattle: What constitutes a financial conflict of interest for lawmakers?
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4 weeks ago |
spokesman.com | Shauna Sowersby
Washington’s Catholic leaders sued state leaders and county prosecutors Thursday, alleging that a controversial new law requiring priests to break the confessional seal to report suspected child abuse is “a brazen act of religious discrimination.”The new law adds clergy to a list of other professions, such as health care workers and school personnel, who are mandatory reporters of abuse.
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4 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Shauna Sowersby
Washington’s Catholic leaders sued state leaders and county prosecutors Thursday, alleging that a controversial new law requiring priests to break the confessional seal to report suspected child abuse is “a brazen act of religious discrimination.”The new law adds clergy to a list of other professions, such as health care workers and school personnel, who are mandatory reporters of abuse.
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1 month ago |
seattletimes.com | Shauna Sowersby |Jim Brunner
OLYMPIA – Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a state operating budget on Tuesday that substantially boosts state spending and raises taxes by roughly $9 billion over the next four years. Throughout his early months as governor, Ferguson had vowed to bring a more hawkish approach to state spending. He publicly rejected a wealth tax floated by fellow Democrats and said he’d go through the budget line by line to look for savings.
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