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March 27, 2017

Job seekers with criminal past could get help from state bills

  • Washington State Patrol reports more than a million people in the state have a criminal record.
    • By ALEXIS MYERS
    The Associated Press

    OLYMPIA — Tarra Simmons says she knows all too well what it's like to have to check a box on a job application that reveals her criminal history to an employer before she has a chance to explain.

    “I was at the lowest point in my life,” she told The Associated Press.


     
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