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Meet the Despised and Emboldened College Republicans of UW
Once teetering on the edge of oblivion, the political club is now bigger than ever and in the…
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Local Voters Would Be Less ‘Tax Fatigued’ If We Taxed Income Progressively
But will local leaders take their chance to pass one? Hold your breath.
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Seattle Evicts the Homeless Encampment That It Created While Evicting ‘the Jungle’ Last Year
Last year, campers fled from the Jungle to the Field. Now they’re fleeing the Field.
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Councilmembers Ask Mayor to Hold Off On Eviction of ‘The Field’
Several city councilmembers are asking the mayor to give homeless campers a week to clean things up.
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Hearing Examiner Dismisses Appeal of Youth Jail Building Permit
Anti-racist organizers were told they could appeal, but that isn’t what happened.
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Cyclists, Business Groups Reach Compromise on Burke-Gilman ‘Missing Link’
A safe bike lane on a deadly stretch of road comes after more than a decade of obstruction.
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Council OKs Police Body Cams Despite Concerns
Who watches the watchmen? Not body cams, warns ACLU-WA, unless they come with tougher policies.
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Can Seattle Indivisibles Replicate the Tea Party’s Fury? They Aim to Find Out.
Following an anti-Obama playbook to fight Trump.
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Washington Prosecutors Still Won’t Be Able to Take Down Killer Cops
A bill that would have made it possible to convict cops who make bad kills died in committee.
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Anti-Trans Bill Dies in Statehouse, But More Threats Are En Route
A citizen’s initiative and a pending Supreme Court case threaten to gut discrimination protections for trans people.
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A Week After Dreamer’s Arrest, Local Latinos Are Fearful For What’s to Come
And local politicians are divided on what a “sanctuary city” really is.
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State Republican Asks DoJ to Stop Seattle’s Planned Safe Drug Site
Sen. Mark Miloscia sent a letter asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions to intervene in local drug policy.
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Judge Kicks Can on Whether Feds Can Jail and Deport DACA Recipient
A federal magistrate judge today declined to release Danield Ramirez from ICE custody.
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Judge Considers Jailed Immigrant’s Plea for a Day in Court
Daniel Ramirez’s petition for habeas corpus may set a precedent for Trump’s deportations.
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Spokane Senator Proposes Rollbacks of New State Minimum Wage
Baumgartner wants to dilute labor protections for minors, nonprofit workers and everyone outside King County.
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Upthegrove Calls for Free Drunk Buses On Boozy Holidays
The wheels, and riders’ perception of gravity, will go ‘round and ‘round.
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Fire Devours Three Tents At the Field; Fast-Thinking Campers Contain Blaze
Homeless campers have been asking Seattle for fire extinguishers for months.
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State House Bill Would Stop the Bleeding In King County Budget
The bill, in committee this morning, would enable the county’s taxes to keep pace with inflation and population…