When Republicans cut money for education in a budget they pushed through the Senate late last week, the state Democratic Party sent out a blistering missive--aimed at Republican gubernatorial hopeful ...
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University administrators are "wringing their hands" over the U.S. Supreme Court's announcement that it will hear a case that could result in restrictions on race-based admissions, according to NPR. B...
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The state Department of Social and Health Services tells Seattle Weekly it isn't going to cut off food stamp benefits to immigrants just yet, even though a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling this wee...
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Of nine recent homicides that have led the mayor to declare a "public safety emergency," six have occurred on the South End. According to one community leader, the city has only itself-- and a policin...
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City leaders didn't offer a lot of solutions at this week's press conference on the sweep of homicides that Mayor Mike McGinn declared a "public safety emergency." But City Councilmember Bruce Harrell...
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A decade ago, thanks to a class-action lawsuit, Microsoft learned the hard way that it could not treat "independent contractors" exactly like... More >>
In last month's cover story on perceived male bias in family court, Seattle Weekly told the case of "Richard," a dad who faced protection orders and domestic violence treatment classes in the course o...
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Is a shotgun an appropriate gift for a teenagerr It's an interesting question raised by a lawsuit against the parents of an Eastern Washington teen who received such a gift, and then proceeded to use ...
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A decade ago, thanks to a class action lawsuit, Microsoft learned the hard way that it could not treat "independent contractors" exactly like employees for all purposes but salaries and benefits. In r...
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Ex-con Ronald Zigan was riding his Dodge Durango on State Route 17 a couple months after he had been released from jail when he hit a woman riding a motorcycle alongside her husband. The head-on colli...
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If you're poor, you better hope you don't get arrested in Burlington or Mount Vernon. That's the takeaway from an eye-opening class action lawsuit that had oral arguments before federal judges yesterd...
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This weekend, a dozen active and veteran soldiers will join a dozen Sierra Club volunteers for a retreat at IslandWood, the environmental mecca on Bainbridge Island. At first blush, it would appear a...
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King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg has a gig this Wednesday, and it's not in court. It's at the Tin Theater in Burien, where Satterberg's... More >>
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg has a gig on Wednesday, and it's not in court. Instead, it's at the Tin Theater in Burien, where Satterberg's band--the Treehouse Dreamers--will be helping to kic...
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A bill heard this week in the Legislature would radically restructure probation, mandating much shorter jail times should an offender misstep. Predictably, the budget crisis has led state officials to...
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Staff Sargent Jared Hagemann left a suicide note. That's one revelation in the findings from the military's investigation into his death, obtained by Seattle Weekly through the Freedom of Information ...
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Last month, the Forks Human Rights Group asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for an investigation into Border Patrol practices on the Olympic Peninsula. Yesterday, Napolitano got a lett...
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At one time, Guy Casey co-owned a medical marijuana dispensary in Tacoma--North End Club 420-- that he says served more than 5,000 patients. Today, after the latest in a long series of legal developm...
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Okay, now we get it. Susan Enfield's puzzling decision to drop out of contention for the permanent position of Seattle Schools superintendent--without having another job offer-- suddenly makes sense....
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Gaby Rodriguez, the Toppenish teen who ignited a storm of media interest when she faked a pregnancy for a high school project, has just come out with a book. The Pregnancy Project will still have some...
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In recent months, the national press has spotlighted a new type of foreclosure. It involves so called "strategic defaults," whereby homeowners can afford their mortgage but nevertheless choose to walk...
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As if the foreclosure crisis hadn't generated enough distrust of the real estate industry, now comes another scandal. A complaint filed with the Oregon State Bar accuses an executive of Bellevue-bas...
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As Ellis Conklin reported yesterday, a new effort to abolish the death penalty is underway in the legislature. The debate over the ultimate punishment has been going on for decades, but it's not just ...
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In this week's cover story, we write about the way flimsy domestic violence allegations can be used in family court to separate dads from their kids. Some dads' rights activists say that's just what h...
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