Local Politics

September 22, 2023 at 6:50 pm

Seattle police officer put on leave over racist, sexist slurs against neighbor WATCH

Audio published by The Stranger appears to depict SPD Officer Burton Hill peppering his neighbor with a barrage of explicit racist and sexist insults.

The Highway 520 megaproject, about two-thirds completed, is seen in the background where the Montlake lid is under construction, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 in Seattle. In the foreground is the Portage Bay Bridge which is to be replaced next, but a funding ìpotholeî needs to be filled and Gov. Jay Inslee proposes to spend $406 million, including some COVID-19 economic relief money. 219373

September 22, 2023 at 1:53 pm

Judge upholds WA’s $17B transportation funding law

A lawsuit by the conservative Citizen Action Defense Fund argued the law violated the state constitution's requirement that legislation contain a single subject

Attorney General Bob Ferguson announces a monetary settlement with Ostrom Farms for gender and worker discrimination.

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September 22, 2023 at 10:00 am

WA gun-rights group says it has been illegally targeted by AG Bob Ferguson

The Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation, gun rights activist Alan Gottlieb and other affiliated groups are suing AG Bob Ferguson in state court.

Former Governor Gary Locke says “Hate is a Virus.” Fight hate and the virus.

Rally to speak out against anti-Asian hate and violence, Hing Hay Park.

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September 22, 2023 at 6:00 am

King County zeros in on how proposed hate-crime hotline would work

King County's Stop Hate Hotline — a proposed 24-hour online portal and staffed phone line — aims to make it easier for hate-crime victims to...

Talaya Logan, who grew up in Rainer Beach, sings “A Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke at a celebration of the opening of the Elizabeth Thomas Homes.
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Photographed in Rainer Beach in Seattle on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

September 22, 2023 at 6:00 am

New affordable housing planted in heart of Seattle’s Rainier Beach VIEW

A new housing complex named for a pioneering Black nurse just opened in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood. There are 119 apartments at the Elizabeth Thomas...

A corrections officer walks down a hallway at SCORE, a jail in Des Moines on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022.

September 22, 2023 at 6:00 am

Following deaths, King County cancels deal to send people to a regional jail

The county was trying to deal with unprecedented staffing shortages among correctional guards, but officials say the deal didn't make logistical sense.