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If you see ads in print or online for Jenny Durkan, they may have been paid for by her own campaign — she's the top fundraiser in the race to be Seattle's next mayor. Or the ads may be sponsored by an independent campaign, “People for Jenny Durkan,” with money from Seattle businesses.
Earlier this year, a man named Delvonn Heckard filed a lawsuit claiming he was repeatedly raped by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray in the mid-1980s, when he was a teenager. Heckard later withdrew the suit.
While the Trump administration aims to slash funding for environmental protection nationwide and eliminate funding for cleaning up Puget Sound, the Republican-controlled Congress hasn’t seen things the same way.
One thing all of the candidates running for Seattle City Council Position 8 agree on: The rent is too damn high. But they're divided on what to do about it.
Seattle’s real estate market is booming, but contrary to what you might think, foreclosures are still happening. Foreclosures can be disruptive in neighborhoods. Last year, about 700 people in Seattle lost their homes to banks. The city wants to help them.
State and local governments in Washington receive millions in federal police grants. This week, the Justice Department said some of these future grants are contingent on immigration enforcement. It’s the administration’s latest swing at so-called sanctuary cities.
If you were hoping to make it to movie night at Magnuson Park in the next few weeks, you're out of luck. The outdoor movie series has been canceled part way through the season.
Plans to open safe consumption sites for drug users in King County may soon be subject to a public vote. Opponents say they've collected nearly 70,000 signatures, more than enough to get an initiative banning such sites on the ballot.
Seattle's police union leaders have filed a complaint against Mayor Ed Murray's body camera mandate. Murray issued an executive order this month to require all officers to wear body cameras while on duty.
Eleven states including Washington have sued the Trump administration to improve safety at the nation’s refineries and chemical plants. The lawsuit, led by New York's Attorney General, aims to force the Environmental Protection Agency to revive safety rules enacted in the final days of the Obama administration.
When the Department of Justice ordered a group of Seattle lawyers to stop helping in some immigration cases, the lawyers fought back. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Richard Jones sided with the lawyers again in a nationwide ruling.
The Trump Administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants is causing some people to avoid seeking medical care. Public Health Seattle-King County is taking steps to reassure patients.
The policy changes came fast as President Donald Trump took office. In Seattle, a city where roughly one in five people are immigrants, protests erupted. First, when Trump ordered a crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities for undocumented immigrants.
It could be a game changer for future cell phones, and other battery power hogging devices: University of Washington engineers have invented a cell phone that doesn't need a battery.
The Washington State Supreme Court has raised the bar for removing jurors of color from an all-white panel.
