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Emails Show Mayor’s Office and Berkeley Economist Coordinated Release of Favorable Minimum Wage Study
The study has been pushed as a counterweight to a more negative UW study.
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Inside the Minimum Wage Data War
The UW team studying the $15 minimum wage was supposed to transcend politics. Fat chance.
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Family, Community Exhort Leaders to Find Justice for Tommy Le
“There is no pain like losing a son. There is no pain like losing a piece of my…
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For Vietnamese Community, Tommy Le’s Death Could Create a ‘New Paradigm’ of Activism
For decades, protest ‘just wasn’t done.’ But that may be changing.
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Times: Child Welfare Caseworker Determined Murray Abused Foster Child In ’80s
The new documents risk plunging the Murray administration back into crisis mode.
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Sheriff to Attend Public Forum About Tommy Le, 20-Year-Old Killed By Deputy in Burien
Le was holding a pen when he was shot and killed by a deputy last month. The sheriff’s…
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Plans for a Public Bathroom in Pioneer Square Get Flushed … Again
The Seattle Process is alive and well when it comes to putting a toilet in the historic neighborhood.
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Anti-Trans Initiative Fails, Again, to Get Necessary Signatures
This is the second time the group Just Want Privacy tried and failed to put trans access to…
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Deputy Who Shot and Killed Burien Man Three Weeks Ago On Leave Again After Fatal Collision in Fife
Cesar Molina had returned to work following the shooting of Tommy Le.
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Fear of Ballot Initiative Got GOP On Board With Paid Family Leave
They saw what happened with the minimum wage, and didn’t want to see it happen again.
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As Relationship Soured, City Council Stopped Funding UW Minimum Wage Research Team Last Fall
City Councilmember Kshama Sawant says the decision came due to dissatisfaction with the team’s methodology.
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In Endorsing Durkan, Murray Trashes McGinn
Murray didn’t name the candidate, but made the battle lines clear.
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The City Knew the Bad Minimum Wage Report Was Coming Out, So It Called Up Berkeley
Seattle is getting an object lesson in weaponized data.
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Why It Took So Long to Learn a Man Killed By a Deputy Was Brandishing a Pen
The Sheriff’s Office says it wasn’t trying to mislead.
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Man Killed By a King County Deputy Last Week Was Armed With a Pen
Initial reports said Tommy Le was carrying a knife.
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Is Biased Policing a Problem in North Seattle? A Survey Says No. Activists Say Obviously.
Seattle’s biggest debates over race and police have been playing out north of the Cut.
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Race, Rents, and Burgess-Bashing Dominate Forum for City Council Position 8
A very strong field of candidates somehow got stronger.
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Chamber of Commerce, Single-Family Zoning, Youth Jail Are Big Losers at ‘Candidate Jeopardy’
A few quick takes on Wednesday night’s mayoral forum.
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Murray Declares Vindication in Sex Abuse Lawsuit—And Keeps Door Open for Write-In Run
The lawsuit against him was dropped Tuesday, but lawyers for his accuser say Murray’s overplaying his hand.
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Obamacare Has Hit a Snag in Washington. Did the GOP Put it There?
In Grays Harbor County, a Rorschach Test for how people feel about the Affordable Care Act.