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Locking Kids Up Is Evil. But Is It Necessary?
The movement to end youth incarceration is gaining momentum as Seattle grapples with one of its most difficult…
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City Council Passes Bill to Allow Activists to Appeal New Youth Jail
The bill fixes a technical error that accidentally exempted the youth jail project from administrative challenge.
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Seattle Expected to Take Up Housing Protections for Former Prisoners This Summer
A fair housing task force is figuring out how to implement one of HALA’s toughest recommendations.
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UW Demands Nike Allow Labor Investigators Unprecedented Access to Sweatshops
Otherwise, threatens UW President Ana Mari Cauce, she’ll cut the school’s contract with Nike.
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How We Got Here: Six Years of Wrangling Over Police Reform In Seattle
It’s been a long road to an imperfect solution.
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Critics Say Police Reform Legislation Doesn’t Go Far Enough
And then there are some that say it goes too far.
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Established Labor Is Pissed At Seattle’s New Left
With ally Ed Murray on his way out, local labor is losing its patience for leftist upstarts.
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Dan Satterberg Takes a Stand Against Jeff Sessions’ War on Drugs
The county prosecutor joined 30 of his peers in signing a letter opposing the Attorney General’s recent order.
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Seattle Congressional Reps Keep Powder Dry On Trump Impeachment
Pramila Jayapal and Adam Smith are taking a wait-and-investigate-and-see approach toward the President.
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County Prosecutor Ready to Defend Safe Drug Sites In Court
Dan Satterberg says his goal is to “get out of the way” of public health professionals.
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Lorena González Will Not Be Running for Mayor
The first-term councilmember considered throwing her hat into the wide-open mayor’s race, but won’t.
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With Seattle’s ‘Safe Lots’ for RVs All But Gone, Campers Are Creating Their Own
A new, unauthorized homeless camp is trying to get organized.
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Former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan to Jump Into Mayor’s Race
Seattle Councilmember M. Lorena González is rumored to also be planning to run.
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Cop Pepper-Spraying Homeless Water Bottles ‘Probably Rose to a Criminal Level,’ Says Police Oversight Head
The county prosecutor hasn’t decided whether to press charges.
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Seattle Seems to Be Dodging the Fentanyl Epidemic, But Researchers Are Still Worried
A study looks at 41 drug-related deaths in King, Snohomish, Pierce and Spokane counties last year.
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Did Murray Go Far Enough? Two Opponents Argue the Mayor Should Resign Altogether
Cary Moon and Mike McGinn say the sex abuse lawsuit compromises Murray’s ability to lead. Nonsense, says Murray…
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Murray Will Leave Office With a Stack of Accomplishments, and More Than a Few Enemies
A year-by-year look at Murray’s mayoral tenure.
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Murray Drops Re-Election Bid, Will Finish Term
The move comes more than a month after sex abuse allegations against the mayor emerged.
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What Will Happen to Murray’s War Chest Now That He’s Out of the Race?
The mayor can’t just transfer his $200,000 in campaign contributions to another candidate.
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Seattle Could Have Cheap, Functional Bikeshare By Mid-June
Council is prepping for an expected influx of privately-owned rent-a-bikes you can park anywhere.