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Metro buses in downtown Seattle on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Metro transit will benefit the most from the government financial aid. It will help them maintain service as the number of riders drop and they stop collecting fares. 213462

July 10, 2020 at 6:07 pm

New tax plan would spend less on Seattle bus service, more on low-income and West Seattle programs

The Seattle Department of Transportation says the plan would bring in less than half as much money as the current taxes it would replace.

Seattle police investigators look over a car involved in a shooting, Monday, June 29, 2020, in Seattle, where streets are blocked off in what has been named the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone. At least one man was killed and another was wounded early Monday morning when they were shot in the protest area known as CHOP, after driving the vehicle into the area. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) WAET101 WAET101 WAET101

July 10, 2020 at 5:46 pm

Woman released following arrest in connection with fatal CHOP shooting investigation

The woman had been booked into jail Thursday on investigation of rendering criminal assistance, but released pending further investigation.

July 10, 2020 at 5:00 pm

When reporters get arrested in Seattle and get a view from inside the criminal justice machine | Danny Westneat

A British journalist tells of getting swept up in a Capitol Hill police sweep -- and the view he got, however briefly, into an unreasoning...

A man swims in Lake Washington at Madison Park Beach Thursday, July 9, 2020.
Nine of Seattle’s swimming beaches won’t open with lifeguards until July 15 at the earliest and the rest won’t open at all this summer, the city says. All are closed for swimming right now due to concerns about the coronavirus and four will stay closed due to budget cuts, according to Seattle Parks and Recreation. 214462

July 10, 2020 at 6:00 am

Coronavirus concerns and budget woes leave Seattle swimming beaches closed, without lifeguards

All nine are closed for swimming right now due to concerns about the coronavirus and four will stay closed due to budget cuts, according to...

July 9, 2020 at 7:18 pm

Protesters’ lawyers say Seattle violated judge’s crowd control order by using pepper spray, projectiles

Lawyers representing a group of Seattle protesters said Thursday they believe the city violated a judge's crowd control order last week when police used blast...

Multiple Seattle City Council members joined community advocates for a news conference hosted by Decriminalize Seattle and King County Equity Now.

July 9, 2020 at 6:37 pm

Majority of Seattle council pledges to support Police Department defunding plan laid out by advocates

The council is currently considering changes to the city's 2020 budget, which has been ripped apart by the coronavirus health and economic crisis.

July 9, 2020 at 4:13 pm

Inslee: Trump threats on reopening schools ‘hogwash’

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump threatened to hold back federal money if school districts don’t bring their students back in the fall.

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July 9, 2020 at 11:31 am

Walla Walla officer plans to alter controversial tattoo

The symbol has been highly criticized as the same Schutzstaffel symbol used by the Nazi Party and now neo-Nazis. In 2012 it was denounced by...

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Decriminalize Seattle representative Angelica Chazaro speaking to the Seattle City Council’s budget committee about defunding the Police Department on Wednesday, July 8, 2020.

July 8, 2020 at 7:33 pm

Seattle City Council pressed to defund police, move 911 response dispatchers out of department

The council heard details about how the city's 911 system is used, with some members saying they would like to remove Seattle's 911 dispatchers from...

July 8, 2020 at 6:00 am

Local anti-tax groups find even they need big government aid sometimes | Danny Westneat

Can we end the charade that government is our biggest problem? Because even its most ardent critics are relying on it for oxygen this time...