In 2006, political strategist Zach Silk cut his teeth managing the high-profile, if ill-fated, Congressional campaign of Darcy Burner, the…
In Seattle Weekly’s current cover package, we look at Gov. Jay Inslee’s moratorium on the death penalty and its impact…
As revealed yesterday, Mayor Ed Murray and his staff are still short on answers as to what exactly happened with…
After a week of turmoil over police discipline, Deputy Mayor Hyeok Kim told City Council members this afternoon that her…
There’s not much Mayor Ed Murray has gotten right in the storm over police discipline that has erupted over the…
Last March, a young, Harvard-trained attorney named Nick Brown began settling into his job as general counsel for the state’s…
Yesterday, alleged cop killer Christopher Monfort’s death penalty trial was scheduled to begin on September 5. Today, after Governor Jay…
Could the minimum wage issue get any hotter? Doesn’t seem like it. As the matter continues to simmer in Seattle,…
As a crusading public defender who has long championed police reform, Lisa Daugaard is the kind of person you might…
A checked flannel jacket thrown over his Burger King uniform and scrunched-up shopping bags under his arm, Jason Harvey clocks…
This weekend, state Republicans will be meeting in Ocean Shores for an annual winter conference. Among the breakout sessions: “Improving…
Back in October, when we saw Garfield High teacher Jesse Hagopian on NBC’s Education Nation Summit, and perused a blog…
Reacting to Governor Jay Inslee’s call this week to increase the state minimum wage, Republicans had a predictable response. “More…
Kicking off Sunday’s fiery rally for 15 Now, a new group pushing for a $15-an-hour minimum wage, MC Katie Wilson…
With a new legislative session beginning this week, one question has been on a lot of people’s minds, and it’s…
Last March, Costco CEO Craig Jelinek came out in support of a bill that would increase the federal minimum wage…
Last month, the scientific journal Nature Biotechnology came out with a highly unusual editorial explaining why it had published a…
At a press conference this morning held by Mayor-elect Ed Murray, we didn’t get any further details of the minimum…
“The people have spoken,” Seattle City Councilmember-elect Kshama Sawant said today, addressing a packed City Hall press conference. It was…
