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Passengers walk by a security sign warning about a facial recognition area at the Suedkreuz train station in Berlin, Germany.(Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images) The King County Council recently passed an ordinance that bans government use of facial recognition technology. That was fairly controversial within the council, but also with a group called the Information …

Protesters gathered in Capitol Hill. (SDOT) A large group of demonstrators marched into Capitol Hill from downtown Seattle, as part of a protest against ICE. Seattle police made two arrests, and report at least one officer has been transported to the hospital after protesters allegedly threw bottles and rocks downtown near the West Precinct. Protesters …

Tablet Magazine’s Stephanie Butnick having a Zoom seder with family. It was her first time cooking the holiday meal. (Photo by Stephanie Butnick) Wednesday was the first night of Passover, a Jewish holiday celebrated with what is called a seder: big groups of family and friends sitting around the table, reading the story of Passover …

In this Dec. 16, 2019, file photo a Boeing worker walks past a 737 model fuselage and a giant mural of a jet on the side of the manufacturing building behind in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) Work got underway in Olympia on Tuesday on one of two bills that would remove a massive …

Lynnwood Mayor Nicola Smith and Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers. (KIRO Radio, Hanna Scott) Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers squeezed a dwindling mental health and chemical dependency fund to pay his political ally’s high salary. It’s the latest controversy to come of Somers decision to gift his friend a cushy job in an attempt to …

(AP) A concerned parent group is speaking out against a bill that would put health centers on high school and middle school campuses throughout the state. House Bill 2288 states that “any school district in the state may enter into agreements with health care providers to establish school-based health centers for the provision of services exclusively …

Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. (KIRO 7) Nurses and other workers at Swedish-Providence medical centers have just told us that they will be going on strike January 14. They will be releasing details tomorrow morning. The news comes courtesy of a news release from the unions involved. Last month, their union told us 13,000 worker …

(KIRO 7) Facial-recognition technology in police body cameras appears to have been delayed for the indefinite future. Axon, the company that produces them, recently announced that it will not incorporate the technology in its devices. While the Seattle Police Department ceased using facial recognition a year ago, the Axon news is nonetheless a relief to …