After investigation into Seattle’s pension system, readers wonder: Why not just invest in index funds?
Our Times Watchdog team answers reader questions after a Seattle Times investigation into past mismanagement problems with Seattle's pension fund.
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Behind Seattle’s rising pension costs: Past mismanagement adds to taxpayers’ burden | Times Watchdog
The Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System had one of the worst investment returns of any large public pension over a decade, triggering higher costs for...
HQ2 cities listen up: Amazon flexing its political muscle sends a message not just to Seattle
The e-commerce titan and Seattle’s biggest single property-tax payer is on a collision course with a majority of the City Council over the proposed head...
Former Swedish surgeon claims a conspiracy, but doctors say ‘smoking gun’ is fake
In bid to win back his medical license, former Swedish surgeon Johnny Delashaw says doctors fed stories to The Seattle Times to discredit him, but...
‘This is an urgent issue’: Seattle makes little progress on buildings that can kill in earthquakes
“You might be on borrowed time,” warns the mayor of a New Zealand city where a 2011 quake destroyed unretrofitted brick buildings and killed 185...
Survey finds only 11.3% of Washington homes have earthquake insurance
The survey by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner is the first attempt to quantify quake coverage in the state.