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The lawsuit filed by two SPD officers over Councilmember Kshama Sawant's public criticism of their involvement in the shooting death of Che Taylor has struggled...
Republican Joe Kent’s campaign says it intends to request a machine ballot recount of all counties within the 3rd Congressional District in Southwest Washington.
About 64% of Washington’s 4.8 million registered voters participated in the November 2022 midterm election. See where the most voters turned out.
A lawsuit accusing Loren Culp and other police of botching a child sexual-abuse investigation and trying to intimidate the victim has been settled.
The Washington Future Fund would create a pool of money that children born under the state’s Medicaid program could access a portion of upon reaching...
Prosecutors and defense lawyers gave sharply contrasting accounts of Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer's confrontation with a Black newspaper carrier.
The state can collect the 7% tax on the sale and exchange of assets like stocks and bonds, pending a ruling by the state Supreme...
The budget includes some new funding areas over last year's budget on key issues in the city, but tensions emerged among councilmembers on public safety...
Crime has been cut in half over the past few months in "Mary Three," the police beat at the heart of troubled downtown, writes columnist...
