Seattle Times political reporter Jim Brunner covers state, local and regional politics.
With its caucuses kicking off the presidential race every four years, Iowa holds outsized importance in American politics, hence the swarms of national politicians who...
Susan Hutchison filed late Friday afternoon, just before the candidate-filing deadline, immediately becoming the best-known of more than two-dozen challengers in the race.
In the latest Seattle Times politics podcast, a look at the backstory and repercussions of Seattle's new "head tax" on larger businesses.
Susheela Jayapal, the older sister of U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Seattle, on Tuesday beat out three rivals to win a seat on the Multnomah County...
Working Washington, a Seattle-based activist group, had publicly asked the attorney general in an open letter to charge Amazon with the crime of “intimidating a...
Dow Constantine would prefer the Seattle City Council not act on any head-tax proposal until there's a better regional approach to solving homelessness.
Working Washington compared Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to "a subprime mob boss lording it over a company town" and cited the state law making it...
Amazon's threats to scale back job growth over Seattle's proposed "head tax" on larger businesses have ratcheted up debate over the tax, which would raise...