Seattle Times political reporter Jim Brunner covers state, local and regional politics.
The monumental pilfering of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Washington unemployment benefits was abetted by a once-a-generation flood of jobless claims, but the...
Under normal circumstances in a presidential election year, Puget Sound voters might encounter several local-government tax requests. But in 2020, political considerations have been reshaped...
The state's disclosure could mean even longer delays for thousands of jobless workers still waiting for legitimate benefits, and it also helps explain the unusual...
Washington officials pushed back Saturday after the U.S. Attorney in Seattle cited "vulnerabilities" in the state's unemployment system that reportedly have left it a prime target...
While other dissident Democrats are moderates who criticized the $3 trillion Heroes Act as expensive and wasteful, Seattle's Rep. Pramila Jayapal argued it didn't go...
The surprise decision by Rep. Matt Shea came after he had for months defiantly refused calls from Republican and Democratic leaders to resign, vowing to...
A brutal 2020 national campaign, centered on President Donald Trump's reelection fight with presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, will have echoes in Washington state, as...
Two Facebook pages posted names, emails and phone numbers of state residents who had reported to the state businesses allegedly violating Gov. Jay Inslee's stay-at-home...
As Washington grapples with a tsunami of legitimate unemployment claims — more than 100,000 last week — the state also is seeing a rise in attempts...