Raz Simone to stand trial with some claims dismissed, judge rules
Criminal profiteering claims against the Seattle hip-hop artist can go forward, but the judge dismissed some claims, citing expired statute of limitations.
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Judge orders private special education school to turn over records to Seattle Times
A recent Seattle Times and ProPublica investigation of the Northwest School of Innovative Learning found complaints of abuse and minimal instruction.
WA launches probe of private special ed schools as lawmakers consider reforms
In response to a Seattle Times and ProPublica investigation, state officials demand records related to "abuse or neglect" at a publicly-funded network of schools.
WA has high number of homeless students, gets lowest federal funding
A federal formula that determines how much states get to serve homeless students could inadvertently penalize states that excel at identifying those students.
The rise and fall of Seattle celebrity CEO Dan Price VIEW
Dan Price branded himself as a model corporate leader. But dozens of ex-Gravity Payments employees say that persona didn’t match the man behind the viral posts.
Police watchdog clears sergeant in leak investigation, finds SPD leadership launched probe
A police watchdog investigation cleared a sergeant accused by SPD leadership of leaking a memo to the media about a sexual assault staffing crisis.
Former Seattle 911 manager says he warned city about deadly dispatch problem
Brian Smith says he was wrongly punished after raising concerns about certain addresses being flagged as dangerous based on potentially erroneous information.
Caught in WA’s youth mental health ‘disaster,’ a teen with nowhere to go WATCH
The number of youth hospitalized for psychiatric reasons nearly doubled between 2015 and 2021, a Seattle Times investigation found. But public funding has lagged.
A Seattle man began the night in crisis. Then, a sudden death in restraint VIEW
A homeless man's death in jail custody has raised serious questions about the city of Seattle's handling of behavioral health crises and the risk of...
Catholic Church quietly buys $2.4M Seattle house for archbishop as parishes close to save money
The Archdiocese of Seattle's purchase of a home for the archbishop in the name of an LLC riles critics who have demanded more transparency from...