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Aspen Ford is a politics reporter at the Standard. She has reported on criminal justice, the environment and labor. She graduated from Arizona State University in 2024 with a master’s degree in investigative journalism. Washington State Standard is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.

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