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 ...

Oregon State’s three-game losing streak is having a significant impact on its standing in national statistics. The Beavers, once among the top 20 in more than a dozen statistical categories, are down ...

OLYMPIA, Wash — Possession of a drug such as fentanyl would be reclassified as a felony offense under a proposed state Senate bill that had a public hearing Monday. SB 5035 would classify possession ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fixes to the state Supreme Court’s Blake Decision have led to passionate debate in Olympia, as the discourse over penalties for drug possession is far from over. A very early morning vote Wednesday in ...

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 ...