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Is the title here editorialized, or is Axios doing some weird AB testing? The article I'm seeing is about the bill passing the Washington House, and concludes with:

> What's next: To become law, the bill must clear Inslee's desk. But a veto looks unlikely.

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OP's link is a week old. Inslee singed the bill an hour or two ago.

https://www.kptv.com/2023/04/20/gov-inslee-signs-bill-remove...

I couldn’t find a news source I liked, so I just posted the same link as Inslee did in a tweet after he signed[1], while borrowing the headline from a more current news source[2]. Using the same headline would have been posting old news.

1. https://twitter.com/GovInslee/status/1649115596465008645

2: https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/gov-inslee-signs-bill-repea...

By posting that article, you did post old news. The solution was not to rewrite the title, but to post an article that contained the significant new information.

I realize that local TV news affiliate websites aren't always appetizing sources, but it's more important to have up-to-date information.

Ok, we've changed the URL to that from https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/04/11/death-penalty... now. Thanks!

If there's a better URL, we can change it again.

Maybe that's just the wrong link? Apparently it was really signed.

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/gov-inslee-signs-bill-repea...

Or OP just put the wrong URL. A quick search of Google News indicates Inslee has indeed signed the bill now.

Headline for me is: Washington Legislature votes to repeal death penalty

And good riddance.

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