The mayor’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda just might be a gift to the new city council district elections. It has highlighted splits in Seattle's broad-consensus, liberal ideology and ...

In Seattle as part of a six-city tour on “community policing,” U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch was welcomed with a standing ovation from Mayor Ed Murray, Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole, ...

The new maps create a Latino-voter-majority district in the Yakima Valley that aligns with federal voting rights laws. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik sided with Latino voters who sued the ...

Washington cherry growers have dealt with adverse weather conditions in consecutive seasons. In 2021, sustained triple-digit temperatures in late June damaged ripening fruit. In 2022, a cold and wet ...

“The Kenneth F. Bunting Award recognizes journalists and media outlets for work that uses or advances Washington state’s open government laws, or educates citizens about them,” according to their ...

Opinions on a bill to tweak alternative power requirements for utilities followed the stereotypes Tuesday. Utilities and business lobbyists loved it. Environmentalists hated it. They gave their ...

No one in Olympia really believed that the State Legislature would adjourn by its April 26 target. The initial response from Senate Republicans to the $38.8 billion, 2015-2017 budget unveiled by House ...

The way the state pays for long-term care and a host of other services no longer works. Year after year, the state has made wholesale cuts in budgets because leaders have created a tax structure that ...

U.S. District Judge James Robart said on Wednesday he would continue to monitor Seattle Police in the following areas: officer accountability, including decisions reached during collective bargaining, ...

Mayor Mike McGinn spoke in the wake of the latest shooting deaths in Seattle. Following the latest shootings in Seattle, Mayor Mike McGinn scheduled a press statement at 3:30 p.m. The discussion was ...