The emergency medical technicians start out making about $15 per hour. Seattle is negotiating a contract with American Medical Response at the same time that the EMTs are bargaining with the company through their union.
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Carmen Best confirmed as Seattle police chief VIEW
Best is a 26-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department and the first African American to serve as its permanent chief.
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In a letter to the King County Council, former Superior Court judge Terrence Carroll, a member of the PFD from 1997-2014, wrote that any subsidies...
Washington Democrats may win largest legislative majorities in a decade
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Anger, frustration, delays as Seattle rolls out new building-permit system that's been 'a big disaster'
The number of Seattle permit applications completing initial review plummeted 75 percent from April to May, from 266 to 66. Builders say problems with the...
Let’s listen to Seattle’s ‘real-estate rainmaker’ when he says $800M Safeco Field deal is terrible | Danny Westneat
Craig Kinzer is a sports booster who helped clear the land for the publicly financed Safeco Field in the 1990s. Now he’s turned into the...
Before Charlottesville and since, students in this Seattle summer school urge everyone to unlearn racism VIEW
In the sweltering heat of Bethany United Church of Christ’s sanctuary, youths ages 11 to 24 are sacrificing a week of summer to experience an...
Investigation into attack on Burien’s Latino mayor now in hands of FBI
The investigation into the alleged assault of Jimmy Matta has gone from the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office to the state Attorney General’s Office to...