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Muslim Americans rally at the Women’s March in Seattle in January 2017. Photo by Sara Bernard

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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.

Proposed Income Tax Would Pay for Mental and Public Health Shortfalls

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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.

Sue Bonner, right, with Gender Justice League director Danni Askini. Photo by Casey Jaywork

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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.

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant during the campaign for a $15 minimum wage. SW file photo

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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.

Photo by Stephen Colebourne/flickr

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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.

Jenny Durkan joins Mayor Ed Murray for Murray’s endorsement of her candidacy. Photo by Nathalie Graham

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In Endorsing Durkan, Murray Trashes McGinn

Murray didn’t name the candidate, but made the battle lines clear.

Students and teachers advocate for ethnic studies at a school board meeting in March. Photo by Sara Bernard

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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.

A pair of homeless campers pack up before being evicted from under the Ballard Bridge. Photo by Casey Jaywork

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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.

Labor negotiations were a central target for Sen. Dino Rossi this session. Photo via Sound Publishing archives

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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.

After Lots of ‘Venom,’ Sanctioned Encampments Get High Marks from City

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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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Budget Deal Raises State Property Tax to Fund Schools

The increase will raise $7.3 billion.

Some Homeowners Are Mad That Democracy Vouchers Are Working the Way They’re Meant To

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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.

Mayor Ed Murray, flanked by HSD director Catherine Lester and All Home KC director Mark Putnam, announces the city’s new RFP for $30 million in homelessness services. Photo by Casey Jaywork

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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…

Can ‘Rapid Rehousing’ Work If Rents Keep Soaring in Seattle?

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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…

Don’t buy Steve Ballmer’s knock on the income tax. Photo by Microsoft Sweden/Flickr

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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.

Searching for Seattle’s Soul in Scrappy Burien

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Searching for Seattle’s Soul in Scrappy Burien

The southwesterly suburb’s big day has finally come.

Nikkita Oliver, left, addresses the council during the June 27 hearing on the police killing of Charleena Lyles. Rev. Brown, right in blue, opened the hearing with a prayer in which she asked God to “make us hear each other. Make us hear the things that we say, and the things that we do not say…We have permission to be angry,” she added. “And let us call our anger righteous, for it is such.” Photo by Casey Jaywork

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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.

Via @mcnees, Twitter

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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…

Kent Police spokeswoman Melanie Robinson on Monday at Kent City Hall surrounded by representatives from law enforcement agencies across South King County. Photo by Mark Klaas/Kent Reporter

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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…

Giovonn Joseph-McDade runs with the ball while playing for the Kent-Meridian High School football team in 2013. File Photo/Kent Reporter

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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…