Needle exchanges like this one prevent the spread of diseases like Hepatitis C.
Needle exchanges like this one prevent the spread of diseases like Hepatitis C. Brendan Kiley

Washington's Medicaid Program Must Give Hep C Drugs to All: A federal judge has blocked a 2015 policy that only allowed the state's sickest Hep C patients on Medicaid to receive Harvoni, a lifesaving drug. The 12-week treatment costs $95,000, and Apple Health's policy had restricted access to treatment based on patients' fibrosis score—the level of scarring on their livers.

A Seattle Woman Was Forced to Change Her Clothes Before She Could Fly on a Plane: A JetBlue crew deemed the woman's shorts "inappropriate" for the ride and made her buy a $22 pair of pajama pants to cover up. JetBlue eventually refunded the $22, and added a $162 credit for a future flight. The woman says she was told that the pilot made the final call about the propriety of her thighs.

You Know What Else Isn't Allowed on Planes? Fireworks. Someone tried to get this fun pack through SeaTac security.


Kent Elementary School Gets Tagged with a Swastika: The Kent School District Says that the Nazi graffiti was spray-painted on Saturday or Sunday at Grass Lake Elementary. The school also has surveillance cameras, which will be reviewed.

The process of applying for college can be overwhelming for homeless students.
The process of applying for financial aid can be overwhelming for homeless students. SHARE

Homeless Students Have a Hard Time Getting Financial Aid: The students who need financial aid the most have a hard time getting it because of the difficulty of the paperwork involved. When they apply, they also have to provide information about why they're homeless. For one student interviewed by KUOW, that meant she had to write about being raped and getting kicked out of her parents' house.

Is "The Real World" Coming to Capitol Hill? Capitol Hill Seattle Blog reports that the producers of the TV show have filed paperwork to create a "'movie studio' and temporary residence" at the 12th Ave Baillou Wright building between Pike and Pine Streets.

Troy Kelley Is Back in Court Today: Kelley was acquitted on the charge of lying to the IRS, but still faces 14 remaining charges related to his former real estate business. The defense has asked for an acquittal of the remaining counts. "The charges stem from Kelley’s work in the real estate services industry during the pre-recession housing bubble," KPLU reports. "Prosecutors accused Kelley of amassing more than $3 million in homeowner fees that should have been refunded and then trying to hide the money and avoid paying taxes on it."

Funding for Crime Victims' Legal Help Increases 400 Percent: Federal funding, that is. A grant to the Washington State Office of Crime Victims quadrupled this year, and now the state will be able to distribute an additional $30 million toward legal help for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and crimes like identity theft.

Nine King County Kids Have Been Arrested for Homicide Charges This Year: Local officials are calling the rise in these kinds of arrests a crisis. "It's easy to say the kids are broken, or the families are broken, when in my perspective actually is our system is broken," King County Superior Court Chief Juvenile Court Judge J. Wesley Saint Clair told KOMO.

Trump Not So Great at Making Deals: The New York Times has a story about how the presumptive Republican nominee ruined a lucrative relationship with a group of Hong Kong billionaires.

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