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AG Bob Ferguson with Gavin Grimm. Photo courtesy Washington State Attorney General’s Office

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AG Ferguson Files New Amicus Brief Supporting Transgender Rights

Ferguson and other Democratic attorneys general continue to fight a Trump agenda.

M. Lorena González speaks beside Mayor Ed Murray in January in response to the Trump administration’s first travel ban. Photo via González

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Lorena González Will Not Be Running for Mayor

The first-term councilmember considered throwing her hat into the wide-open mayor’s race, but won’t.

Mayor Ed Murray, Woodland Park Zoo CEO Alejandro Grajal, and ReachNow CEO Steve Banfield mug for the camera in front of the new EV charging station. Photo courtesy ReachNow

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20 New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Planned for Seattle

The program, launched by ReachNow, is designed to make car-sharing greener and electric cars more accessible.

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Why Did a Democratic Staffer Leave a Bunch of Party Financial Information at the PDC’s Front Door?

And why didn’t the PDC investigate what the financial information said?

Brad Smith. Photo courtesy of Microsoft

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Microsoft Likens NSA Losing WannaCry Hack to Military Losing Missiles

A company exec says an international treaty is needed to prevent these attacks in the future.

Matt Irvin, an RV camper who moved onto the WSDOT property Thursday. Photo by Casey Jaywork

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With Seattle’s ‘Safe Lots’ for RVs All But Gone, Campers Are Creating Their Own

A new, unauthorized homeless camp is trying to get organized.

Photo by Tobias Eigen via Wikimedia

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Fare Increases for State Ferries Likely This Fall

Washington State Ferries must generate $8.4 million in new revenue, according to the transportation operating budget.

State Rep. Jessyn Farrell, a Pro-Transit Urbanist, Is ALSO Running for Mayor

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State Rep. Jessyn Farrell, a Pro-Transit Urbanist, Is ALSO Running for Mayor

She’s the third this week. There’s just one more week to go to file.

Jenny Durkan announces her mayoral bid. Photo by Josh Kelety

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Murray 2.0? Jenny Durkan Poised to Build on Mayor’s Legacy, Not Reverse It

In her campaign kickoff today, she framed herself as a mainstream progressive who could get things done. Sound…

Joshua Freed, right, is the chair of Citizens for a Safe King County. The group has launched a campaign to gather signatures to place an initiative on the November ballot that would prohibit government-funded injection sites in the county. Aaron Kunkler/Redmond Reporter

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Group Launches Campaign to Bar Safe Consumption Sites in King County

Advocates say the sites would provide a safe environment to use drugs, medical staff to respond to emergencies,…

Activists gather in Olympia. Photo courtesy Power Past Coal Coalition

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‘Today is a Milestone Day’: Groups Deliver One Million Petitions Against Coal and Oil Terminals to Gov. Inslee

“We will fight this to the end.”

The Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. Photo by the Globalist via Flickr

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Tacoma Takes a Harder Line Against Immigrant Detention. Too Little, Too Late, Say Activists

The Tacoma City Council makes moves post-Trump.

James Comey. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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ComeyGate Comes Home: Ferguson Calls for Special Counsel; Reichert Rumored As a Comey Replacement

Both may be long shots at this point.

Say that again, Coop? Twin Peaks is where?

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Sorry Seattle, But Twin Peaks Is Located In Eastern Washington

An unpopular argument about a popular show.

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What Lawmakers Have Been Working On While Not Solving McCleary

This year’s motto could be: Don’t sweat the big stuff.

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Former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan to Jump Into Mayor’s Race

Seattle Councilmember M. Lorena González is rumored to also be planning to run.

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Cop Pepper-Spraying Homeless Water Bottles ‘Probably Rose to a Criminal Level,’ Says Police Oversight Head

The county prosecutor hasn’t decided whether to press charges.

A prescription fentanyl “lollipop.” Photo by Crohnie via Wikimedia Commons

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Seattle Seems to Be Dodging the Fentanyl Epidemic, But Researchers Are Still Worried

A study looks at 41 drug-related deaths in King, Snohomish, Pierce and Spokane counties last year.

Seattle mayoral candidate Cary Moon says Murray should resign. Photo courtesy of the Moon campaign

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Did Murray Go Far Enough? Two Opponents Argue the Mayor Should Resign Altogether

Cary Moon and Mike McGinn say the sex abuse lawsuit compromises Murray’s ability to lead. Nonsense, says Murray…

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We Can Now Have the Mayor’s Race This City Needs

Murray dropping out of the race allows the courts to seek justice while we seek a leader.