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Since Oregon voted in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs and send hundreds of millions of dollars to treatment, few people have requested services and the...
As Seattle City Council considers police department funding, calls for defunding by 50% two years ago begin to fade.
For decades, Chinatown International District has felt shut out of big decisions about the future of its neighborhood. An expanded homeless shelter adds another layer.
When it comes to alternative responses to police calls, Seattle's police officers' union may have something to say about that looks like.
Tiffany Smiley, a Pasco Republican, becomes the latest in a long line of Republicans to use Seattle and its woes — perceived or actual —...
Ideas are out there -- feasible and less so. Should it be tunnel? Should it have a moveable span? Why not a third bridge?
A Seattle proposal for more park rangers is drawing protests. Not because it's too weak or soft to address crime in the parks. Because it's...
Nick Rolovich filed a $25 million wrongful-termination claim this year against WSU, which fired him for cause with about $9 million remaining on his contract.
When it comes to budgeting for the city's police force, we can focus on fraught slogans or we can finally address the unresolved problems they...