Seattle’s upzones would collect millions for affordable housing. Who would get help?
We talked to residents of housing projects partly funded by the city to find out how they got there and what it means to them. VIEW
- Q&A | Secretary Ross Hunter on Washington’s foster youth sent out of state — and the money needed to end that practice
- It’s been 30 years since the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Here’s what we’re still learning from that environmental debacle. VIEW
- National report gives Washington state an ‘F’ for efforts to remove lead from school drinking water
- Celebrating the beauty and craft of boats as Wagner Education Center opens VIEW
- Injured Kittitas police officer, released from Seattle hospital, faces long recovery
- Washington state must pay rent on home for sex offender while she seeks release from McNeil Island
- 2 hurt by gunfire in Everett park, police say
- Bill to expand state sanctuary rules and create limits for police advances in Washington Legislature
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Transportation
Suspected drunken driver hits Bremerton police car pulled over to help woman with medical emergency
Bremerton police were called to a suspected DUI but discovered it was a medical emergency. While the officer was pulled over to help the person, a different driver — one police say was actually drunk — crashed into his patrol car.
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Shining a light on a dark time in Jewish history VIEW
Health
New Jersey lawmakers near vote on recreational cannabis
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Lawmakers are poised to vote on making New Jersey the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana. The Democrat-led Assembly and Senate have scheduled votes for Monday. The vote, whose outcome remains unclear, comes after more than a year of mostly back-room wrangling since Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy came into office. Murphy... VIEW
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Amazon real estate exec says Bellevue plan not affected by New York exit
Some real estate sources have seen Bellevue as a possible spillover location for the erstwhile New York HQ2. But an Amazon executive said the growth planned for New York will not end up in the Seattle area.
Science
First-of-its-kind US nuclear waste dump marks 20 years
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In a remote stretch of New Mexico desert, the U.S. government put in motion an experiment aimed at proving to the world that radioactive waste could be safely disposed of deep underground, rendering it less of a threat to the environment. Twenty years and more than 12,380 shipments later, tons of... VIEW
