Hundreds of thousands of drug convictions became eligible to be cleared after Washington state's criminal drug law was struck ...

ABERDEEN, Wash. — When the Washington state Supreme Court ruled the state’s simple drug possession law unconstitutional, nearly 4,000 inmates were released from custody. Hundreds of thousands more ...

Whatcom County District Court has mailed letters and brochures to individuals with past drug convictions that qualify to be automatically removed from their record. Anyone who receives this mail can ...

A new Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs report also shows the state still trails the rest of the U.S. when it comes to police officer staffing. Violent crime in Washington dropped ...

Starting July 1, the state will have 80% less funding for refunds and administrative costs involved in vacating felony drug possession cases. EVERETT — Edmonds Municipal Court staff have been working ...

Washington was one of the first two states to legalize recreational cannabis. That said, lawmakers don't want the state to be among the first two to do so when it comes to all drugs. At the ballot box ...

Camerina Zorrozua, co-founder and legal director of The Way to Justice, a nonprofit legal aid organization led and created by women of color. (Photo by Erick Doxey/InvestigateWest) When Camerina ...

When Camerina Zorrozua learned in April that Washington had slashed its state funding of her Spokane-based legal aid organization, she frantically called state Rep. Tarra Simmons. “I was so alarmed, ...