On December 3, 2021, Judge Barbara Rothstein of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington dismissed a suit brought by the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe, finding that the.
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A decade-long battle over removing toxic chemicals from the Spokane River may continue in a Seattle courtroom.
Members of the group Spokane River Team are asking a federal judge to push government regulators to limit the amount of PCBs that can be discharged into the river.
Much recent environmental work has been done to improve the quality of the Spokane River. That includes the city’s work to install huge storage basins to collect stormwater so it can be treated before it’s released back into the river.
But Spokane River Team members say environmental agencies are dragging their feet on PCB pollution.
Sonia Joseph said she s reached a $4.4m settlement with the city of Kent over the death of her son Giovonn Joseph-McDade. The city also agrees to install a park bench in his memory. Credit: Courtesy of Joseph-McDade family
Death of young Black man killed by Kent police leads to $4.4M settlement, and push for new laws Apr 16, 2021
Family members of a young man shot by Kent police in 2017 say the legal settlement theyâve reached with the city will help them heal. But they also say their journey is not over.
Giovonn Joseph-McDade s mother Sonia Joseph said at a press conference Thursday that her sonâs death galvanized her to seek changes to the inquest process and state law.