Slog AM: GOP Nominates Semi Bird for Governor, Supreme Court to Decide on Anti-Homeless Camping Ban, Trump's Hush Money Trial Begins

The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamSemi Bird wins WA GOP nomination for governor: The Washington GOP convention in Spokane this weekend was positively nutty. Former King County Sheriff Dave Reichert is leading among the GOP candidates in the polls, but delegates seemed to prefer Bird, a former Richland school board member who was recalled for flouting masking mandates deep in the early pandemic. Yet, to the dismay of delegates the GOP candidate committee disqualified Bird