Critics blame “socialist” health care reforms for driving up local insurance costs. But the free market may be the real culprit.
The circumstances of a teenager’s medical emergency are in dispute. But her case raises important questions about the line between increasingly popular naturopathic health care and standard medical treatment.
After a major disappointment, UW researchers are again on the trail of a new vaccine.
The federal 9th Circuit Court is coming to Seattle to hear the case of a National Guard soldier forced to stay on.
Meet Jack and Ernst, two of the hundreds of honest, hard-working citizens struggling to survive on this city’s homeless margins.
The WTO debacle brought down Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper, one of America’s most progressive cops. Now he’s published a memoir offering a frank look at his rise and fall, and the challenges of reforming law enforcement.
I-330 would cap monetary awards for malpractice lawsuits. I-336 would crack down on serially inept doctors. Only one might solve an actual problem.
A new study outlines the financial burden of child care on working families.
Allegations of sexual assault and drug dealing haunt the Morrison Hotel.
Iraq might be ground zero for Bushs terror war, but at home, one front line is our 5,000-mile border with Canada. Since 9/11, the U.S. has poured resources and manpower into Mexicanizing one of the worlds most peacefuland porousborders. But critics suggest that strategy wont work, and it could even make things worse.
The old Lazy B died years ago, but Seattle just got the message.
Union dissidents at Boeing charge that the local machinists election carried a foul tailwind.
Nearly insolvent two years ago, Channel 9 raises more money than any public station in the country.
Boeing looks to save time and money on inspections.
An undocumented American is released from the Tacoma immigration prison.
People, Politics, and Media
Bastyr, the naturopathic university, opts for a business-minded leader to take it into the future.
The 37th District House race features six diverse Democrats and a “Lincoln” Republican named Kwame.
National production is shelved as the troubled PBS station lays off 30 percent of its staff.
State cuts programs that help people on welfare find jobs.
