FBI charges WA resident with helping a school shooter in Canada, polling shows ban on trans girls in girls' sports could pass, and SCOTUS declines Snohomish firefighters' religious discrimination lawsuit

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FBI charges WA resident with helping a school shooter in Canada, polling shows ban on trans girls in girls' sports <a href="https://www.kuow.org/elections/2026-10-05/polling-shows-ban-on-trans-girls-in-girls-sports-could-pass-in-november">could pass</a>, and SCOTUS <a href="https://www.kuow.org/law/2026-10-05/u-s-supreme-court-declines-snohomish-firefighters-religious-discrimination-lawsuit">declines</a> Snohomish firefighters' religious discrimination lawsuit
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FBI charges WA resident with helping a school shooter in Canada, polling shows ban on trans girls in girls' sports could pass, and SCOTUS declines Snohomish firefighters' religious discrimination lawsuit

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Two years ago, the city of Seattle signed a $2 million contract with Talk Space to provide free virtual therapy to young people. The city projected that as many as 4,400 young people would use it. But a few years into the contract, it’s only reached a fraction of that. Seattle Times reporter Jayati Ramakrishnan and Rebecca Plevin with Proof News teamed up to tell this story.

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Two years ago, the city of Seattle signed a $2 million contract with Talk Space to provide free virtual therapy to young people.&nbsp;The city projected that as many as 4,400 young people would use it.&nbsp;But a few years into the contract, <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/seattles-talkspace-deal-for-youth-therapy-falls-short/">it&rsquo;s only reached a fraction of that</a>.&nbsp;Seattle Times reporter Jayati Ramakrishnan and Rebecca Plevin with Proof News <a href="https://www.proofnews.org/millions-spent-few-served-seattles-talkspace-deal-for-youth-therapy-falls-short/">teamed up to tell this story</a>.
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Two years ago, the city of Seattle signed a $2 million contract with Talk Space to provide free virtual therapy to young people. The city projected that as many as 4,400 young people would use it. But a few years into the contract, it’s only reached a fraction of that. Seattle Times reporter Jayati Ramakrishnan and Rebecca Plevin with Proof News teamed up to tell this story.

Young people aren't using the city's free therapy

Washington State Ferries is experiencing crew shortages and significant stoppages, the Snohomish River is closed to fishing this month, and the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network recently laid off over half its staff.

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Washington State Ferries is <a href="https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-10-05/ferry-service-snarled-across-puget-sound-region-amid-worker-sick-out">experiencing crew shortages and significant stoppages</a>, the Snohomish River is closed to fishing this month, and the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network recently <a href="https://www.kuow.org/immigration/2026-10-02/washington-nonprofit-that-runs-ice-reporting-hotline-lays-off-more-than-half-its-staff">laid off over half its staff</a>.
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Washington State Ferries is experiencing crew shortages and significant stoppages, the Snohomish River is closed to fishing this month, and the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network recently laid off over half its staff.

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Washington state does not have a system for parole.

That doesn’t leave many options for someone serving a long sentence to earn an early release. 

An important one is a form of clemency called commutation. Since Governor Bob Ferguson took office, he has denied every request for it so far.

We’ll get into what that means with InvestigateWest reporter Moe Clark.

Read Moe's reporting here.

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Washington state does not have a system for parole.
That doesn&rsquo;t leave many options for someone serving a long sentence to earn an early release.&nbsp;
An important one is a form of clemency called commutation. Since Governor Bob Ferguson took office, he has denied every request for it so far.
We&rsquo;ll get into what that means with InvestigateWest reporter Moe Clark.
Read Moe's reporting <a href="https://www.investigatewest.org/washington-governor-ferguson-clemency-denials/">here</a>.
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Washington state does not have a system for parole.  That doesn’t leave many options for someone serving a long sentence to earn an early release.   An important one is a form of clemency called commutation. Since Governor Bob Ferguson took office, he has denied every request for it so far.  We’ll get into what that means with InvestigateWest reporter Moe Clark.

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