Daniel Beekman
@DBeekman
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Reporter @seattletimes covering politics and communities / Please send tips to [email protected] Signal: DanielBeekman.44 / @PacNWGuild
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Back with a post on here only to share this story. Please give it a read. Two men were arrested in Yakima County while suffering mental crises. The man who went to jail died behind bars. The man who went free was supposed to investigate. https://t.co/LgfdIawsff
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Two men were arrested in Yakima County while suffering mental crises. The man who went to jail died behind bars. The man who went free had to investigate.
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This story is stunning. Incredible reporting/writing on how police, jail guards and others respond to people in mental health crisis. Read the three opening scenes. Then, when you're over the shock, keep reading. @DBeekman @seattletimes
https://t.co/lVMeWzapvR
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Two men were arrested in Yakima County while suffering mental crises. The man who went to jail died behind bars. The man who went free had to investigate.
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Back with a post on here only to share this story. Please give it a read. Two men were arrested in Yakima County while suffering mental crises. The man who went to jail died behind bars. The man who went free was supposed to investigate. https://t.co/LgfdIawsff
seattletimes.com
Two men were arrested in Yakima County while suffering mental crises. The man who went to jail died behind bars. The man who went free had to investigate.
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No longer posting here. Find my work at https://t.co/tSv0AsBij4. Connect with me via the contact info in my bio.
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Wrote this on election night last week: “Consider this: In 2021’s citywide general election, all four Seattle races shifted by at least 12 percentage points. Strauss, Morales, Davis and Lewis (barely) were within that window Tuesday night.” Two now ahead. Two within 500 votes.
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The first time I met Gail Neal she was loading donations into a pickup truck. I've been in awe of her ever since. What her low-income childcare agency has accomplished in relative anonymity on Hilltop is mindboggling. Now, it could soon double in size.
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The massive expansion will break ground early next year — if things go as planned. | A Matt Driscoll column
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West Seattle's light-rail path finally takes shape, at a price https://t.co/wpN4QYS3Pa
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The latest designs for West Seattle Link make room for hundreds of new housing units, but still would displace a daycare and dozens of homes. Sound Transit votes next year.
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When its transit system suspends fares next year, Clallam County will join a surprising # of WA communities where riding the bus is now free. But big-city systems like King County Metro are still collecting millions of $ from riders. https://t.co/Dz8J12veE3 (w/ @mnowlin_seattle)
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Maritza Rivera's lead on Ron Davis has narrowed to 409 votes, 1.5 percentage points.
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"I was born as a refugee and I'm still a refugee till now, and that will never change." Sometimes the phrase 'Cinderella story' fails to do justice to a person's incredible life. Even at the tender age of 21, that's very much the case for Bernie Kamungo: https://t.co/jPQEjH3hhc
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There are many ways to measure the stratospheric trajectory of Bernard Kamungo.
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Background: WA lawmakers seek ‘rent-to-own’ audit, worried about broken promises
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Washington lawmakers have requested an audit of certain rent-to-own housing programs, saying they believe lack of oversight is allowing promises to be broken.
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‘Rent-to-own’ programs will be audited after WA lawmakers raise concerns
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The state auditor was asked to probe the housing finance commission's oversight of programs that are supposed to guarantee homeownership after 15 years.
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👀Hearing this announcement may shake up the governor's race, too... stay tuned #waelex
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Seattle bartender Murray Stenson was a renowned figure in the cocktail world. His legacy, though, will be the way he treated people, says food writer Tan Vinh.
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Seattle bartender Murray Stenson was a renowned figure in the cocktail world. His legacy, though, will be the way he treated people, says food writer Tan Vinh.
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Houston, a city with 2.3 million people, garnered fewer votes in its mayoral election than Seattle, a city with 750k people, a third (!) of our size. Seattle saw 267,414 voters in its November 2021 election. Houston this year: 251,987 Not! Good!
Final vote count/share in Houston's mayoral race: John Whitmire: 107,109, 42.5% Sheila Jackson Lee: 89,783, 35.6% Gilbert Garcia: 18,166, 7.2% Jack Christie: 17,316, 6.9% Everyone else combined: 7.8% Total: 251,987 h/t @DugBegley
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NEW: WA's prison nursery is one of only a few in the US to support incarcerated mothers amid simmering debates on crime & drug use. @amandamsnyder & I went inside WA's women's prison over a few months to spend time w/ 3 mothers & their babies: https://t.co/yhYMCQUfFt
#waleg
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The state’s prison nursery is one of only a few in the country intended to support incarcerated mothers amid a simmering debate on crime and drug use.
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Natalie Smith of Seattle is calling for an end to violence in Gaza after her uncle and aunt were killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and seven family members were kidnapped.
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Two Seward Park synagogues received suspicious packages in the mail, each containing a white powdery substance, Seattle police said Friday.
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Two Seward Park synagogues received suspicious packages in the mail, each containing a white powdery substance, Seattle police said Friday.
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With Israel and Hamas at war, Palestinians throughout the Seattle region are experiencing guilt, anguish and torment thousands of miles from Gaza.
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With Israel and Hamas at war, Palestinians throughout the Seattle region are experiencing guilt, anguish and torment thousands of miles from Gaza.
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