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By Sen. Mark Schoesler

R-9-Ritzville

Over the past couple of years, the Democratic majorities in the Legislature have pushed through laws that have weakened public safety. Since then, we’ve experienced the consequences of that party’s soft-on-crime approach.

The 2021 crime report recently released by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs showed an increase in several cat...