EVERETT — Snohomish County’s top law enforcement officials are scrambling to assess the full impacts of a Thursday state Supreme Court ruling striking down the Washington law that makes simple drug ...

A Feb. 25 state Supreme Court ruling has struck down the Washington law that makes simple drug possession a crime. The now-stricken law made possession of a controlled substance a felony punishable by ...

Lawmakers in Washington state quickly passed a compromise drug possession law Tuesday, avoiding automatic decriminalization. "This bill is not designed to fill our jails, it’s designed to fill our ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Legislature on Saturday approved an overhaul of the state’s approach to drug possession, after the Washington Supreme Court struck down its previous law as ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in Oregon can no longer arrest someone for possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other drugs as a ballot measure that decriminalized them ...

Among the primary duties of any public official is to be a responsible steward of public resources. Brevard-Seminole State Attorney Phil Archer has just done that duty. Recent changes to federal and ...