by Adriana | Mar 3, 2016 | Policy Reform
Today, the Washington State Senate passed the Certificate of Restoration of Opportunities Act (CROP), a bill developed to remove barriers to occupational licenses for qualified applicants who have a criminal history. The bill (ESHB 1553) received bipartisan support...
by Adriana | Jan 21, 2015 | Policy Reform
Today, Washington State Rep. Brady Walkinshaw (D-Seattle) filed the Certificate of Restoration of Opportunities Act (CROP), a bill developed to remove barriers to occupational licenses for qualified applicants who have a criminal history. Occupational restrictions...
by Adriana | Jul 28, 2014 | Policy Reform
by Charlie | Jan 25, 2010 | Policy Reform
Our report, Washington’s Three Strikes Law: Public Safety and Cost Implications of Life Without Parole, examines the three strikes law in Washington, and those sentenced under it, to determine how the state’s limited criminal justice resources are best...
by Adriana | Jan 1, 2005 | General, Policy Reform
In 2005, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries recognized that, unlike similar agencies in many other states, it lacked an efficient and effective wage claim process for individual wage victims of wage theft. The Department brought forward the Wage...
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