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OLYMPIA (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington state says it's suing Grays Harbor County for records related to its juvenile detention facility, following reports that a 15-year-old boy was placed in solitary confinement for eight days last spring...

SPOKANE (AP) — The Pasco City Council has approved the submission of documents to a federal judge agreeing that the city's at-large system for electing members of the council violates the federal Voting Rights Act. The state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit earlier this month, saying the current elections system weakens the political voice of the city's large Hispanic

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Two former Air Force psychologists from Washington state who helped design the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques for terrorism suspects are denying a group's allegations of torture and war crimes. But James E...

SEATTLE (AP) — A county in Washington state has ended its practice of jailing people or requiring them to toil on work crews if they fail to pay court fines and fees. The American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday that it settled a lawsuit it filed last fall against Benton County...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakima's legal battle with the American Civil Liberties Union over voting rights has cost the city more than $3 million. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that records show the city spent nearly $1.2 million in attorney fees and expert witness costs from 2012 through last month...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Attorneys for a Richland flower shop owner who lost a lawsuit over her refusal to provide services for a same-sex wedding have filed a brief with the state Supreme Court. The Tri-City Herald reports that the brief addresses some of the arguments made by the state and the American Civil Liberties Union in the case. Lawye...

SEATTLE (AP) — Nineteen groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union have sent a letter to the Walgreens drug store chain expressing concerns about the company's plans to have a Catholic hospital run in-store health clinics in Washington state and Oregon...

The Yakima City Council took no action Friday to appeal the decision of a federal judge who ruled that Yakima's way of electing city council members was unfair to Latinos.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union says the Pierce County Jail has agreed to make changes to accommodate Muslim inmates. They include allowing prayer rugs and brimless caps that had been prohibited and making halal meals available, similar to kosher food for Jewish inmates...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Mateo Arteaga has closely watched the demographics change in Yakima since he moved here in 1988. A longtime educator, Arteaga visits kindergarten classes where smiling Hispanic faces dominate the room. Hispanics now make up more than a third of Yakima's population, as farm workers travel to central Washington's fruit bowl to work in agriculture and those who have come b