A House bill introduced on Thursday would require federal law enforcement officials to get a warrant if they want to conduct aerial surveillance inside the country.
It would also forbid them from identifying people who are inadvertently captured by aerial surveillance.
The measure, dubbed the Protecting Individuals From Mass Aerial Surveillance Act, is sponsored by Rep. Suzan DelBene… Read more »
Democratic Congresswoman Suzan DelBene was appointed Wednesday to a new House committee investigating the policies and practices of Planned Parenthood.
DelBene will be one of six Democrats on the select Energy and Commerce Committee created in early October by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
“I hope this will be a fair and honest investigation,… Read more »
USDA has awarded a $3.6 million grant to the Seattle Jobs Initiative (SGI) to set up a so-called Center of Excellence designed to develop and disseminate best practices to help state job training centers find work for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP).
This will “enable us to centralize our efforts to improve our (SNAP) employment… Read more »
Amy Griffin believes "the beautiful game" has been hiding an ugly secret.
"Why don't we just do the smart thing to begin with and not always wonder?" Griffin asked.
For years, she has been watching the sport she loves turn into what she fears could be the cause of pain, cancer and even death.
"I said, 'OK, what's in this rubber?' " Griffin said.
Synthetic turf fields… Read more »
FBI Director James Comey on Thursday defended the agency's use of surveillance aircraft over Baltimore during the April riots, adding that the planes were used at the request of local officials.
"If there is tremendous turbulence in a community, it’s useful to everybody -- civilians and law enforcement -- to have a view of what’s going on," Comey told lawmakers during a… Read more »
While some lawmakers remain convinced that simply attaching a few riders to a federal spending bill will protect legal marijuana states from the wrath of federal prosecution, others understand that a more concrete policy needs to be put into place before the cannabis industry can exist without the risk of catching Uncle Sam’s ire.
One of those wise legislative forces is… Read more »
OSO, Wash. -- From devastating floods to deadly landslides, it is not a matter of "if," but "when" another natural disaster will hit western Washington.
So what can we do better now to be ready? Lawmakers and environmental experts are studying the deadly Oso landslide to try to answer that question.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, who is from the Pacific Northwest, toured… Read more »
OSO, Wash. --The vast emptiness of 43 lost souls filled the air Thursday at the Oso landslide memorial. Experiencing that for the first time was U.S. Interior Secretary and Seattleite Sally Jewell.
"It's an eye opener," she said.
The former REI CEO was clearly moved by scene of the March 2014 landslide, the most deadly in American history.
"It's heartbreaking," said Jewell, choking… Read more »
OSO — Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell came to Oso on Thursday to see the aftermath of the mudslide that killed 43 people a year and a half ago.
Jewell grew up in Washington and knows Highway 530 well from many trips to the back country. This was her first visit since the slide.
“What's so striking to me, and I've driven this road hundreds of times, is how unremarkable… Read more »
U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell traveled to Washington Thursday to discuss heightened risk of natural disasters because of climate change.
In Oso, Snohomish County, slammed by a mudslide that claimed 43 lives last year, Jewell and U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Medina, watched an earthquake- preparedness drill and walked the disaster site.
And later in Seattle,… Read more »
