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Following Latest ‘Muslim Ban,’ An Effort to Get More Muslims Involved in Media and Politics
CAIR-Washington launches a program to help launch careers.
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Proposed Income Tax Would Pay for Mental and Public Health Shortfalls
The city council took steps toward offsetting the cuts to Medicaid that Congress is now considering.
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State Medicaid Rule Changes Could Restrict Transgender Healthcare Access, Say Advocates
The rule changes are still under consideration by the Health Care Authority.
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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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State Budget Passed, Avoiding Government Shutdown
The $43.7 billion budget didn’t become public until early Friday and received no public hearing before lawmakers voted.
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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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Board Introduces Plan to Beef Up Ethnic Studies in Seattle Schools
After the NAACP launched the idea in January, Seattle schools are poised to make it happen.
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What We Learned From This Year’s Media Blitz on Homelessness
Our favorite posts, poems, and tweets from a day of extensive coverage.
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Republicans Will Have More Say in Labor Negotiations Under Budget Deal
The GOP has been none too please with Inslee’s negotiations.
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After Lots of ‘Venom,’ Sanctioned Encampments Get High Marks from City
Neighbors say they hope to see one encampment remain.
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Some Homeowners Are Mad That Democracy Vouchers Are Working the Way They’re Meant To
A lawsuit against the program calls out the vouchers’ success with tenants’-rights advocate Jon Grant.
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Seattle to Award $30 Million in Homeless Services Contracts
Amid a larger shift toward performance metrics, the city will engage in a competitive bidding process for the…
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Can ‘Rapid Rehousing’ Work If Rents Keep Soaring in Seattle?
The strategy relies on vouchers for market-rate housing. Critics say that’s not a long-term solution to homelessness in…
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Don’t Worry About the Income Tax Driving Rich People Out of Seattle
First, it won’t happen. Second, it would be just fine if it did.
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Searching for Seattle’s Soul in Scrappy Burien
The southwesterly suburb’s big day has finally come.
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At Public Hearing, Black Women Voice Rage and Grief Over Latest Police Slaying
Tuesday night, Seattle City Council held an intense public meeting on the killing of Charleena Lyles.
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Who Is Behind That Anti-Breitbart Billboard In Downtown Seattle?
National online activist group Sleeping Giants takes to the streets for the first time in hopes of getting…
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Task Force Targets South King County Gun Crimes
In the last two months, the area has seen the number of shooting incidents drop from 65 per…
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20-Year-Old Auburn Man Shot, Killed by Kent Police
Police report that Giovonn Joseph-McDade tried to hit an officer with his car. Two other shooting deaths involving…