Week In Review

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is leaving the door open for a write-in campaign after a Kent man drops a civil lawsuit alleging Murray sexually abused him three decades ago. The state constitution says Seattle can't tax the rich, but the City Council still wants an income tax for people making more than $250,000 a year.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says any future NBA team should play at Seattle Center and picks a development team that includes Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer to renovate KeyArena. Former FBI director James Comey tells a Senate investigative panel that he was fired because of the investigation he was leading into ties between Russia and President Trump's campaign.

Two men are killed on a Portland light rail train by a passenger on a racist, xenophobic rant.

Seattle is America's fastest-growing big city, but how does it treat those new arrivals? President Trump's proposes budget cuts to light rail, university research and the cleanup at Hanford. Will San Fransisco 49er Colin Kaepernick become a Seattle Seahawk? He reportedly visited the team this week and has Seattle's Socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant in his corner. And you wouldn't feed a lion by hand, so why do we act any differently when that lion lives in the sea?

President Trump denies any connection between his campaign and Russian election hackers, but the Department of Justice appoints a former FBI director as special counselor just to make sure.

Mayor Ed Murray drops his reelection bid, clearing the way for a wide-open race for Seattle's next mayor. Democrats call for a special prosecutor to investigate President Trump after he fires FBI director James Comey. Opponents of a proposed safe-injection site for heroin users in King County launch a campaign to ban it before it can happen. And the Kent School District cancels an international trip over concerns that undocumented students might not be able to participate.

Two Washington state Republicans voted against President Trump's health care bill, one voted in favor and one has better things to do and skips it altogether. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray denies new allegations that he paid for sex.

Weed is legal, but we're still figuring out how to talk about it around kids. State lawmakers do know this much: A billboard with a cat saying "IM SO HIGH RIGHT MEOW" goes too far. Bertha has finally finished boring through the muck underneath downtown Seattle. Now comes the hard part: deciding how much drivers should have to pay to drive through a new tunnel.

This week the man accusing Seattle Mayor Ed Murray of sexually abusing him when he was 15 has revealed his identity. D.H. is Delvonn Heckard, a 46-year-old Kent man. Murray once again denied ever having a sexual relationship with Heckard. Meanwhile, Seattle's mayoral race just grew by two candidates. Former mayor Mike McGinn announced he will be running along with waterfront activist Cary Moon.

The attorney for Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says a doctor's exam knocks down a key claim made by a man accusing the mayor of sexual assault, and the case should be dropped. A United Airlines passenger threatens to sue the airline after the entire internet watches video of police dragging him out of his seat and off the plane. Washington state lawmakers want you to put down your phone behind the wheel, even at red lights. And the Mariners unveil a statue of Ken Griffey, Jr., just in time to turn

What a week. The Seattle Times reports on bombshell allegations that Mayor Ed Murray sexually abused up to three teenaged men in the 1980s -- claims the Mayor strongly denies and plans to fight in court. President Trump orders a cruise missile strike on a Syrian military airfield in retaliation for a chemical attack that killed Syrian civilians earlier this week. A divided Senate does away with the filibuster and confirms Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. And Bertha emerges from a four-year

Seattle sues President Trump over sanctuary cities and says goodbye to bike share, Sound Transit's CEO talks car tabs and KOMO's news staff takes on their employer over fake news.

The fate of President Trump's health care plan comes down to the wire. We get into the pros and cons of Seattle's proposed soda tax and homeless levy. How generous might Washington state get when it comes to paid leave? And some people are pretty surprised to find out that their car tabs are way more expensive this time around.

President Trump proposes deep cuts to federal spending. How would they be felt in Washington state? Seattle landlords sue the city over a law that makes them rent out their homes to the first qualified applicant. And former President Obama likes the University of Washington women's March Madness chances.

Washington's attorney general says the injunction he won against President Trump's travel ban still applies to the president's new executive order and is asking a federal judge to agree. Seattle landlords sue the city for making them rent to whichever qualified applicant shows up first. Some people are mad with Sound Transit over the rising cost of car tabs and how the agency decides what your car is worth. And we're still talking about a propane spill that clogged city traffic for nine hours.