Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Washington Governor Jay Inslee have banned publicly funded travel to another anti-LGBT state.
Is there such a thing as "essential" government travel to Mississippi? City of Seattle

Ed Murray and Jay Inslee Ban Official Travel to Mississippi: Following a similar ban on travel to North Carolina, the governor and mayor have both banned non-essential publicly funded travel to Mississippi after that state passed a law legalizing discrimination against LGBT people.

Protesters Take Over UW Meeting on Race Relations: "Saying the university isn’t moving fast enough to solve racial friction on campus, at least 200 Black Lives Matter student marchers took over a scheduled race and equity conversation at the University of Washington on Tuesday night and demanded change," the Seattle Times reports. The student protesters were expected and welcomed. "The students issued seven demands that include better recruiting of students of color, a 25 percent increase in the percentage of faculty of color by winter 2017 and a new community policing and review model to improve UW police behavior."

What Do Last Night's Primary Results in Wisconsin Mean? For Ted Cruz, a blow to Donald Trump. For Bernie Sanders, the ability to claim momentum.

After the legislature approved $1 million to secure the area known as the Jungle, the state department of transportation is trying to figure out what kind of fence would keep people out of the area.
“A lot of the fences that we build near the highway system are easily cut and compromised," says a WSDOT spokesperson. You don't say? City of Seattle

WSDOT Tries to Figure Out What Kind of Fence They Can Build to Keep Homeless People Out of the Jungle: Remember that controversial $1 million plan from state senators to clear the Jungle and build a fence around the area? The legislature approved it, as expected, and now the Washington State Department of Transportation is figuring out exactly how to spend that money. None of it will go toward homeless outreach, KUOW reports.

ICYMI, Sodo Arena Opponents Hope to Head to the Ballot: As the city council considers a street vacation for a new arena, opponents want to strengthen a city law that prohibits the use of city funds to finance sports arena.

San Francisco Just Became the First City in America to Require Businesses to Offer Employees Paid Parental Leave: Six weeks of it. Seattle and Washington are still talking about it.

Why Won't Anyone Tie Brie Ripley's Tubes? Ripley is 23 years old and tells KPLU every doctor she's asked to sterilize her has refused, claiming she might regret it when she's older.

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How Would Trump Force Mexico to Pay for that Border Fence? By making life harder for Mexican families. In a memo yesterday, Trump said he would propose a ban on "aliens" wiring money to countries outside the United States, which he thinks could compel the Mexican government to agree to fund the wall. Those remittances he wants to block are a lifeline for many families in Mexico.

A Seattle Tunnel Boring Machine Has Finished Its Job: Obviously not Bertha.

Tacoma Police Will Reopen Two Cold Cases: Abduction experts are meeting this week to try to find new leads in two 30-year-old kidnapping cases.

What the Fuck Are You Doing, Pierce County? In 2012, 54 percent of voters in that county said yes to marijuana legalization. Then the county banned marijuana businesses. Then the county lifted the ban. Now, during a special election on April 26, they're asking some voters again whether they want to allow marijuana businesses.

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