‘Make it make sense’: Advocates stunned as WA lawmaker helps slash funds for groups clearing old drug convictions
After being fired from the legal aid group she once led, Rep. Tarra Simmons supported state cuts that crippled similar organizations
Another body of a homeless man was found in a car in downtown Anchorage, the twelfth body since May, reports Megan Holland in the Anchorage Daily News. Friends say the man was friendly and known as “Bart” at a local shelter he frequented. Police do not suspect foul play in this death, but are still investigating. They attribute all but one of the twelve deaths to chronic drinking.
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