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  • 2 weeks ago | king5.com | Susannah Frame

    OLYMPIA, Wash — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a law Monday that bans a substance that dozens of young people have used to die by suicide. House Bill 1209, which overwhelming passed out of the state House and Senate earlier this year, prohibits the sale of sodium nitrite in concentrations over 10%. Washington is the fourth state in the U.S. to ban the chemical.

  • 2 months ago | kgw.com | Susannah Frame

    OLYMPIA, Wash. — On Tuesday, the House Consumer Protection and Business Committee held a hearing on a bill to better protect vulnerable adults. This comes amid the rise in financial scams involving transfers of money made by consumers under duress from fraudsters.

  • 2 months ago | kgw.com | Susannah Frame

    OLYMPIA, Wash. — After a stellar career as a social worker and mental health program manager for the state of Washington, 73-year-old Barb Putnam, of Olympia, has lost the majority of her life savings through a scam the FBI says is on the rise in western Washington. The scheme involved Putnam initiating, under duress, transfers of large sums of money from her investment account to her local U.S. Bank branch, then having the bank wire all the money to an online gold coin dealer.

  • 2 months ago | kgw.com | Kipp Robertson |Susannah Frame

    OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at outlawing a poison that dozens of young people have used to die by suicide. House Bill 1209 passed out of the House with a 91-4 vote on Thursday, Feb. 6. The bill, which would prohibit the sale of highly concentrated sodium nitrite, now heads to the Senate. If passed, the bill would make Washington the fourth state in the nation to ban the chemical.

  • Jan 17, 2025 | kgw.com | Susannah Frame

    OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state legislators are considering a bill that would prohibit the sale of highly concentrated sodium nitrite, a chemical compound that has been linked to multiple youth suicides across the United States. The legislative push follows a KING 5 investigation revealing Amazon continued to sell the product despite repeated warnings about its misuse. Michelle Vasquez-Stickley of Camas, Wash., testified before lawmakers in Olympia on Friday.

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. @SFrameK5
29 Nov 22

It appears @KingCountyWA legal filing against @waDSHS for leaving mentally ill defendants in jail is the first of more motions to come. King Co. wants a court to force DSHS to reimburse them for “unnecessary costs” incurred by state’s failure to move the defendants out of jail

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. @SFrameK5
29 Nov 22

*Breaking: @KingCountyWA has just taken legal action against @waDSHS for failure to move mentally ill defendants out of the King Co. Jail and into a psychiatric hospital.

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. @SFrameK5
5 Nov 22

State-paid doctor under review by licensing agency following KING 5 investigation A Seattle psychiatrist paid millions of dollars to conduct exams for the Dept. of Labor & Industries is under investigation by the Washington Medical Commission https://t.co/SZZTRAEspr