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A Washington Bill would allow people looking to legally change their name to state gender expression and identity as reasons to keep their deadnames out of public records without needing to use a petition according to AP News.
An action team is working to expand internet access across Kittitas County, according to The Daily Record, and they are looking for $40 million in funding to meet their broadband goals.
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Protestors gathered in front of the King County Jail on Feb. 27 after the King County Unexpected Fatality Review showed that in 2022, six individuals in custody of the correctional facility died, which was four more fatalities than the year prior, according to King 5.
The Supreme Court hearing for President Biden’s student debt relief plan took place on Tuesday. The plan was enacted by President Biden in 2022, but according to CBS News conservative judges have stopped the case from going into effect. The Supreme Court has yet to make its decision.
Tornadoes and harsh weather have hit several central U.S. states. According to CNN News, a total of seven tornadoes hit Oklahoma leaving 12 injured, and two tornadoes hit Kansas. More than 300,000 homes have been left without power.
The U.S. is reevaluating medicare eligibility for the first time in three years, and an estimated 14 million people might be booted from the program entirely, according to AP News.
A ship carrying at least 150 migrants wrecked off the coast of southern Italy, according to BBC News. 59 people were found dead, 12 of which were children. 80 people have been recovered alive, but many are still missing.
After a shooting in the occupied West Bank where a Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis on Feb. 26, the Jordanian government agreed to de-escalate tensions between Palestinians and Israelis.
42 students from England on a skiing trip in New Hampshire are stranded in the United States, according to Boston 25 News. Their passports were destroyed, forcing them to visit the British Embassy in New York to get emergency transportation documents.
