Brian M. Rosenthal

July 21, 2020 at 5:08 am

This Hospital Cost $52 Million. It Treated 79 Virus Patients.

The story of the Billie Jean King facility illustrates the missteps made at every level of government in the race to create more hospital capacity...

• Nation & World

August 12, 2017 at 7:57 pm

Car plows into crowd as protest violence rocks Virginia city

A woman was killed and many others injured Saturday as a car crashed into a crowd of protesters following chaos and brawling at a rally...

• Nation & World

December 27, 2014 at 4:46 pm

County: Fewer mental patients released over missed deadlines

Far fewer Seattle-area residents in the throes of severe mental illness are being dumped out of treatment because of missed deadlines, officials said this month,...

• Local News

August 20, 2014 at 9:17 pm

Mental-health official resigns after scrutiny of patients’ release

The King County coordinator for treating mentally ill residents against their will has resigned following scrutiny of how her team failed to meet legal deadlines,...

• Local News

May 31, 2014 at 12:00 am

Concealed-carry permits skyrocket, especially for women

For Katie Oittinen, a turning point was an afternoon two summers ago when a stranger walked into her living room. When he encountered Oittinen and...

• Local News

May 12, 2014 at 3:03 pm

Evaluators’ missed deadlines are forcing release of mental patients

Three months ago at his family’s Redmond home, Gregory Benson charged across the living room and slapped his younger brother, shouting nonsense. “There is a...

• Local News

April 27, 2014 at 8:12 pm

Days after slide, state firefighters panel worried about ‘fractured’ response

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• Local News

April 14, 2014 at 9:19 pm

Majority Leader Rodney Tom will exit, heating up battle for state Senate

During his decade in Washington state’s Legislature, Rodney Tom has made a habit of doing the unexpected, from writing a budget and then voting against...

• Local News

April 14, 2014 at 3:48 pm

State Supreme Court to hear case on ‘boarding’ mentally ill residents

The state Supreme Court has decided to accept a case that could fundamentally change the way severely mentally ill residents are handled when most in...

• Local News

April 10, 2014 at 8:13 pm

Audit: State sold computers containing personal information

Washington state failed to erase Social Security numbers, medical records, tax forms and other confidential information from some surplus computers it has sold or given...

• Local News