Curtis Johnston was allowed to voluntarily surrender his teaching license after the superintendent told a state investigator that no investigations existed, records show
State lawmakers wary of government spending have turned down bills to fund emergency medical services
Shereef Elnahal, who has served as president since August, said the hospital needs to stabilize its finances before it can resume the project
Don't go smoking in Seattle parks.
As of April 1, it''s against the rules. Just like littering, or drug use, or God forbid, sexual misconduct. It's all in the new code of conduct for the city's 400 parks.
As seattlepi.com writes, this expands one of the nation's strictest anti-smoking bans, passed by the state in 2005, that banned smoking in most public places. Seven Oregon cities, including the Portland suburb of Hillsboro also have recently banned smoking in public parks. Tacoma has signs in some parks asking people not to smoke, and some parks officials are pushing for a ban.
Apparently, the Seattle parks board contemplated banning spitting too, but hey, that went just a little too far...
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Curtis Johnston was allowed to voluntarily surrender his teaching license after the superintendent told a state investigator that no investigations existed, records show
State lawmakers wary of government spending have turned down bills to fund emergency medical services
Shereef Elnahal, who has served as president since August, said the hospital needs to stabilize its finances before it can resume the project
As Washington reduces public defender caseloads, prosecutors say that's forced difficult charging decisions
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