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The City of Yakima Legal Department is hiring a new attorney who will review what cases to prosecute. The change will save more of your tax money that would normally be spent on public defenders. Last year, the Yakima City Attorney's Office handled more than 5,000 cases in the city's municipal court...

A $200,000 mistake was knocked down to a loss of $25,000; KIMA learned Kennewick agreed to take Sunnyside's street sweeper for $175,000. Earlier this year, Sunnyside bought a street sweeper that didn't work on the city's roads. It turns out this isn't the kind of thing you can just return...

If you think you're the only one with debt problems think again. The City of Sunnyside is more than $600,000 in debt.