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        <title>Jeanne Kohl-Welles</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[DUI bill clears a Senate hurdle; U.S. panel pushes tougher rule]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-15 12:44:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A bipartisan bill to stiffen Washington state's DUI penalties cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday, while a safety board in the other Washington sought to kick off a national conversation about changing the very definition of drunken driving....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State Senator to Speak on Human Trafficking in Washington]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-state-senator-to-speak-on-human-trafficking-in-20130509,0,4651645.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-09 12:04:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In a presentation entitled "Human Trafficking in Washington: From the Historic Mercer Maids to Sexual Exploitation in Internet Ads," state Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, will discuss historical, cultural, socioeconomic and public-policy...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL: Support strategies that help victims of sex trafficking]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-editorial-support-strategies-that-help-victims-of-20130509,0,5078167.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-09 01:24:04</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[ON two separate continents, in two different cultures, efforts to end the sex trafficking of minors are under way with remarkable parallels. 

Washington state has passed 33 laws since 2002 clamping down on sex traffickers and improving funding for victim...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seattle Weekly involved in buyout, split from alleged child sex-ad site Backpage.com]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/kcpq-seattle-weekly-involved-in-buyout-split-from-backpagecom-20120924,0,4784775.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-09-24 07:42:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Voice Media Group announced Monday its buyout of Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC. The purchase included alternative newspaper Seattle Weekly, as well as SF Weekly, LA Weekly, and others.

The buyout comes a month after the struggling Village Voice Media...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Federal judge issues preliminary injunction against Washington state law on online sex ads]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/kcpq-backpagecom-files-suit-against-state-saying-new-ageverification-law-is-unconstitutional-20120604,0,160630.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-07-27 17:50:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Martinez on Friday issued a preliminary injuction against a new Washington state law intended to force Backpage.com and other Web sites to verify the age of people who place online classified sex ads.

On March 29, Gov....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Washington hopes tax incentives will attract movie production back to state]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/kcpq-governor-signs-into-law-a-taxincentive-program-to-attract-movie-production-to-washington-state-20120329,0,3927519.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-03-29 21:30:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Christine Gregoire on Thursday signed into law a bill to revive a tax-incentive program that expired last July to attract movie production to Washington state.

&ldquo;We have tourists from all over the world going to the town of Forks because it was...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State lawmaker drafting bill targeting adult escort service websites]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/kcpq-state-lawmaker-drafting-bill-targeting-adult-escort-service-websites-20111201,0,1534957.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-12-01 19:15:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, is crafting a bill that would keep minors from being exploited through sites such as backpage.com by making the website check the identification of its users in person. 

The website runs escort ads as part of...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State lawmaker drafts bill aimed at escort service websites]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/kcpq-state-lawmaker-drafts-bill-affecting-websites-promoting-escort-services-20111201,0,7222564.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-12-01 19:32:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, is crafting a bill that would keep minors from being exploited through escort services on sites such as backpage.com by making the websites check identification of its users in person. 

The website runs escort...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bill would require websites running escort ads to inspect payer's ID in person]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/kcpq-bill-would-require-websites-running-escort-ads-to-inspect-payers-id-in-person-20111129,0,7274893.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-11-29 16:26:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Spoke to Kohl-Welles today and she verified that she is crafting legislation on this to be presented during the special session.. hop

 

 

Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36, Ballard), Mayor Mike McGinn, and Council Member  Time Burgess are crafting...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seattle Mayor, City Attorney And Councilmembers Back Medical Marijuana Bill]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/kcpq-seattle-leaders-back-maedical-marijuana-bill-20110314,0,2760474.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-03-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In Olympia this week a House Committee held a public hearing on a medical marijuana bill. 

It would clarify Washington's medical marijuana laws and strengthen regulations on dispensaries. 

It has already passed the Senate and is getting unusual...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bill to legalize medical marijuana up in smoke]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/kcpq-bill-to-legalize-medical-marijuana-up-in-smoke-20110524,0,6289032.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-05-24 23:22:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles' bill to legalize and license dispensaries in the state that sell marijuana to patients will not move forward.

Kohl-Welles, who has been working on scaling back the bill to garner approval from Gov. Chris Gregoire, wrote on her...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New life for medical marijuana bill]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/kcpq-new-life-for-medical-marijuana-bill-20110510,0,5861519.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-05-12 05:23:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[There may be new life for Washington's controversial medical marijuana bill. Lawmakers are trying to squeeze the bill into the Special Session and it appears the governor, a skeptic of earlier versions, may be on board. 

"We're in the situation we are in...]]></description>
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