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Judge Considers Jailed Immigrant’s Plea for a Day in Court
Daniel Ramirez’s petition for habeas corpus may set a precedent for Trump’s deportations.
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Bob Ferguson’s Good Month Continues
The state Supreme Court today ruled against the Richland florist who wanted to refuse flowers to gay couple;…
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Spokane Senator Proposes Rollbacks of New State Minimum Wage
Baumgartner wants to dilute labor protections for minors, nonprofit workers and everyone outside King County.
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Who’d Pay Taxes Where Under the Dueling McCleary Plans in Olympia
Carbon polluters, investors, or people living in ritzy neighborhoods?
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The Maddening Allure of KIRO Radio
The radio station makes a sport of flouting liberal pieties. So why can’t we tune out?
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Meet the People, Mr. Reichert
Members of Congress seem to be ducking the public when they should be hearing them.
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If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Tropical Butterfly House
A life-and-death trip to the Pacific Science Center attraction.
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Upthegrove Calls for Free Drunk Buses On Boozy Holidays
The wheels, and riders’ perception of gravity, will go ‘round and ‘round.
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Are Uber and Lyft Plotting an End Run On Seattle Regs?
TNCs want the state of Washington to create the rules, not cities like Seattle.
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Fire Devours Three Tents At the Field; Fast-Thinking Campers Contain Blaze
Homeless campers have been asking Seattle for fire extinguishers for months.
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State House Bill Would Stop the Bleeding In King County Budget
The bill, in committee this morning, would enable the county’s taxes to keep pace with inflation and population…
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Washington’s Senators Must Do More to Stand Up to Trump
The state is resisting the president’s agenda; we expect Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell to do the same.
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Local Leaders Begin to Bend on New Youth Jail
Since King County voters approved a $210 million Children and Family Justice Center in 2012, resistance to the…
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The Final Moments of Northwest Cable News
A grand, and once profitable, experiment of a bygone era pulls the plug. It’s not the only one.
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Climate Science Skeptic Testifies for 40 Minutes Before State Senate Environment Committee
He was invited by Sen. Doug Ericksen, who is now part of President Trump’s EPA transition team.
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ACLU WA Asks for Restraining Order to Stop Seattle Homeless Sweeps
The civil liberties group is already suing Seattle over the sweeps, arguing they violate the Constitution.
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‘No One Is Above the Law’: Federal Judge in Seattle Puts Trump’s Immigration Order On Ice
“The Constitution prevailed today.”
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Cops Still Mum On Shooting Outside Alt-Right Speech
Meanwhile, UW continues to grapple with questions of what free speech really means.
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This Week in Congress: Dreamers, Muslims, and ‘Holy Crap’
How Western Washington lawmakers are reacting to Trump.