Week in Review: April 19, 2024 - with Ashley Nerbovig

On this week-in-review, Crystal is joined by staff writer at The Stranger covering policing, incarceration and courts, Ashley Nerbovig!

They discuss:

• GOP Candidate Dave Reichert's Anti-LGBTQ Views

• Boeing Faces Scrutiny Over Safety Issues and Alleged Cover-Up

• Tacoma to Implement ShotSpotter Despite Concerns

• Local Guaranteed Basic Income Pilots Show Promising Results

• Seattle Police Officer's Troubling Past Revealed

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @HacksWonks. Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter at @finchfrii and find today’s co-host, Ashley Nerbovig, at @AshleyNerbovig.

 

Resources

Denver's STAR Program Offers Promising Alternative Response to Mental Health and Substance Use Crises from Hacks & Wonks

 

“Dave Reichert to Pierce County Republicans: "Marriage Is Between a Man and a Woman"” by Rich Smith from The Stranger

 

“Boeing whistleblowers describe ‘criminal cover-up,’ safety risks to Senate” by Dominic Gates from The Seattle Times

 

“Tacoma police to test gunshot-detection system. Shotspotter has faced criticism elsewhere” by Puneet Bsanti from The News Tribune

 

“ShotSpotter is a Failure. What’s Next?” by Hannah Cheves of the MacArthur Justice Center

 

“IMPD will not go ahead with gunshot detection system” by Sarah Nelson from The Indianapolis Star

 

Seattle Considers Controversial Surveillance Technologies with Flawed Approval Process from Hacks & Wonks

 

“ShotSpotter: Why waste money we don’t have on technology that doesn’t work?” by Marcus Harrison Green from The Seattle Times

 

“How King County’s $500-a-month guaranteed income program fared” by Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks from The Seattle Times

 

Guaranteed Basic Income Final Evaluation | Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County

 

“Guaranteed income returned to Pierce County this week. Why free money deserves a shot” by The News Tribune Editorial Board

 

“Seattle Police Knew Officer Who Struck and Killed Pedestrian Had “Checkered History,” But Hired Him Anyway” by Andrew Engelson from PubliCola

 

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