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Hey there, good afternoon. From the KUOW Newsroom, this is Seattle Now. I'm Paige Browning with today's top stories. It's the last day of April. It's Thursday, April 30th.

And we start our show with a police controversy. A law setting up new standards for elective sheriffs was supposed to go into effect today.

But a judge put it on hold.

State government reporter Sarah Mises Tan has more.

A judge from Thurston County filed an injunction against the law just hours before it was set to take effect.

Supporters say the new rules would hold elected sheriffs to the same standards as

police chiefs. But others like Sheriff John Knowles of Spokane County say they believe the law is unfair.

If this law was allowed to go into effect, it would also trespass on our constitutional right to run for

office and to have unfair qualifications put on sheriffs that are put on no one

else. The law would require candidates for sheriff to be certified by a commission before running

for office. They would also be subjected to a background check and have at least five years of

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