Seattle Times political reporter Jim Brunner covers state, local and regional politics.
Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer has been charged by the state with making false statements and false reporting involving an incident with a newspaper carrier...
A Thurston County judge has rejected an attempt to block Gov. Jay Inslee's COVID vaccination mandate for hundreds of thousands of public employees and health...
Mayoral candidates M. Lorena González and Bruce Harrell clashed Thursday on police funding, homelessness and corporate campaign donations in a debate just as ballots are...
Seattle voters face a stark choice in the race for city attorney, between Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, who has tweeted hatred of police and cheered property destruction,...
Despite protests by some dissenters, about 90% of state government employees have complied with Gov. Jay Inslee's COVID-19 vaccination mandate — a figure that is...
Both candidates for Seattle mayor, Bruce Harrell and M. Lorena González, have served recently on the City Council, which means they have extensive and overlapping...
The Washington State Democratic Party has filed motions to dismiss lawsuits seeking audits of the 2020 election in several Washington counties.
Gov. Jay Inslee has mostly played hardball with his sweeping COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care and government workers. But he provided a little-noticed exemption...
Seattle mayoral rivals Bruce Harrell and M. Lorena González each worked as attorneys before entering politics, pursuing civil rights and discrimination cases, motivated in part...
