Three pot shops were broken into three days in a row this week across Seattle. The repeated crime highlights efforts to address the issue which failed to result in any legislation this past session. Early Tuesday morning, a car smashed into the front of Cannazone in Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood, where the owner...

Today the Senate voted 49-0 to approve state Sen. Jim McCune’s bill to increase the penalty for those who use a vehicle to rob a cannabis retailer. The measure’s passage in the Senate comes at a time when the state’s 1,000-plus cannabis shops are seeing a growing epidemic of costly...

Guest Editorial by Sen. Jim McCune | Tacoma News Tribune | Feb. 1, 2024 They call themselves “Kia Boys.” Young, mostly male, inspired by social media attention and lax police pursuit laws, they have brought chaos and destruction to our roads and retailers. A man who is allegedly one of...

BY BENJAMIN M. ADAMS | HIGH TIMES | FEBRUARY 1, 2024 In a string of robberies, several cannabis retail shops have reported various tactics criminals have been using to get into their businesses in recent months. As these get worse, lawmakers are cranking up the punishments for people involved in such violent...

Democrats changed state law in 2021 to limit the ability of police to pursue suspects. It’s forced officers to watch lawbreakers drive away and emboldened criminals to commit crimes like car theft. After the Legislature passed a relatively weak fix in 2023, more than 434,000 people signed petitions in support...