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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Washington Law Says to Alert the Public When Doctors Are Accused of Misconduct. It Can Take Months. @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social @kuow.org
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Washington Law Says to Alert the Public When Doctors Are Accused of Misconduct. It Can Take Months.
In the case of Mark Mulholland, who was repeatedly accused of sexual misconduct, the board waited six weeks to announce that it had filed charges. He was allowed to keep seeing patients during that ti...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/04/2026
Read @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social's full investigation for @kuow.org & ProPublica:
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An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing.
The first accusation against Dr. Mark Mulholland came in January 2022. Two more arrived in 2023 and a fourth in 2024 before the board took action against his license last year. Then even more…
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Andy Hurst @andyhurst.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
We are so back
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/04/2026
Since sexual misconduct allegations against Dr. Mark Mulholland became public in 2025, at least 84 patients have filed lawsuits about his care. With @kuow.org
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An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing.
The first accusation against Dr. Mark Mulholland came in January 2022. Two more arrived in 2023 and a fourth in 2024 before the board took action against his license last year. Then even more patients...
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Ashley Hiruko @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
In case you missed it. My latest story in partnership with ProPublica.
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An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing.
The first accusation against Dr. Mark Mulholland came in January 2022. Two more arrived in 2023 and a fourth in 2024 before the board took action against his license last year. Then even more patients...
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 26/03/2026
Multiple women complained to Washington state that Dr. Mark Mulholland touched them unnecessarily, used sexually charged language, or performed painful or seemingly sexual pelvic exams.
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A Washington OB-GYN was repeatedly accused of sexual misconduct. The state medical board let him keep practicing
Multiple women complained to Washington state that Dr. Mark Mulholland touched them unnecessarily, used sexually charged language, or performed painful or seemingly sexual pelvic exams.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The first accusation against Dr. Mark Mulholland came in January 2022. Two more arrived in 2023 and a fourth in 2024 before the board took action against his license last year. Then even more patients came forward. @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social @kuow.org
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An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing.
The first accusation against Dr. Mark Mulholland came in January 2022. Two more arrived in 2023 and a fourth in 2024 before the board took action against his license last year. Then even more patients...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
States like Ohio and Delaware have moved aggressively to make it easier to keep doctors accused of sexual misconduct away from patients. Washington state, by contrast, allowed a doc to keep practicing after 4 complaints alleging sexual misconduct. @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social @kuow.org
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An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing.
The first accusation against Dr. Mark Mulholland came in January 2022. Two more arrived in 2023 and a fourth in 2024 before the board took action against his license last year. Then even more patients...
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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
CORRECTING earlier post Seattle Mayor’s Race: Wilson now leads Harrell by 1,346 votes. STILL within the mandatory recount range - barely
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 11/11/2025
Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is now ahead in this nail-biter of an election count.
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Katie Wilson pulls ahead of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell – by 91 votes
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/10/2025
Journalism tip: If someone says drop the story, that’s a sign to keep reporting. Back reporters who won’t flinch. Support our independent journalism ➜ propub.li/43MugoG
Article excerpt: When ProPublica emailed questions to Newby’s daughter, the North Carolina Republican Party’s communications director, Matt Mercer, responded, writing that ProPublica was waging a “jihad” against “NC Republicans,” which would “not be met with dignifying any comments whatsoever.” 

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration and I’m sure they would be interested in this matter,” Mercer said in his email. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
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Jim Brunner @jimbrunner.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I am declaring a Mariners State of Emergency
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
"It Was Cold": Mothers Who Lost Children to Gun Violence Say Harrell Ignored Their Pleas for Help “What mothers go through in crisis is not a one-time opportunity—it’s ongoing." publicola.com/2025/10/16/i...
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"It Was Cold": Mothers Who Lost Children to Gun Violence Say Harrell Ignored Their Pleas for Help - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett D’Vonne Pickett, the owner of The Postman mailing and shipping store and in the Central District,…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/10/2025
Early last year, Seattle signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using rooms as shelter space at the Civic Hotel and other buildings. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there. By @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social, with @kuow.org
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Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.
Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel's rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
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South Seattle Emerald @soseaemerald.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
COLUMN: What this mayoral election owes "Black Seattle." Marcus Harrison Green looks beyond identity politics to ask how Black Seattleites are actually doing — featuring voices from across the diaspora and scrutiny of both Harrell and Wilson. Read here: soseaem.org/3IVyOSC #Seattle
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COLUMN | What This Mayoral Election Owes 'Black Seattle'
From City Hall to the Central District, Seattle's mayoral race raises deeper questions: Who speaks for "Black Seattle," and what does real representation look like beyond the ballot? Marcus Harrison…
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
"Because it is Lisa" and "because I want her out of the homelessness business." That's what Deputy Mayor Tiffany Washington said when asked why she denied a request by Purpose Dignity Action, headed by Lisa Daugaard, to open a shelter in North Seattle. www.propublica.org/article/seat...
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Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.
Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 06/10/2025
By December, Seattle taxpayers were paying a hefty $4,200 a month per empty room — at a time when thousands of Seattleites were without a roof over their heads.
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Seattle paid for shelter beds that it left vacant despite a massive need for housing
Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2025
NEW: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant. By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.
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Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.
Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
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Casey Martin @caseyworks.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Great reporting by @kuow.org's @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social and @propublica.org: Seattle spent millions on hotel rooms to shelter unhoused people. Then it stopped filling them www.kuow.org/stories/seat...
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Seattle paid for shelter beds that it left vacant despite a massive need for housing
Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
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Josh Cohen @jcohenwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Really good reporting from @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social on shelter beds being paid for but left unfilled, seemingly in part over a deputy mayor's personal dislike of a prominent Seattle homelessness services provider.
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John Ryan @heyjohnryan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
New @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social investigation from @kuow.org / @propublica.org:
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Jared Douglas @jareddouglas.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Excellent local piece here from @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social + @kuow.org + @propublica.org.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
NEW: Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them. by @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social @kuow.org
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Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.
Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
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Ashley Hiruko @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I feel so lucky to be able to work alongside such talented people.
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ProPublica Names Ashley Hiruko as a Northwest Fellow
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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Trish Murphy @trishmurphy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Kevin was kind and curious. When he asked how you were doing, he really wanted to know the answer. He genuinely cared. I’ll miss him
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Weekend reading: A now-former top staffer to Mayor Bruce Harrell, Pedro Gomez, has been accused of raping a woman he met through Harrell's office. PubliCola spoke to several women who say he also preyed on them, including one who said she never reported her own assault. publicola.com/2025/03/21/w...
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When a Top Mayoral Staffer Was Accused of Sexual Assault, These Women Decided It Was Time to Come Forward - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Late last September, Mayor Bruce Harrell put a high-ranking longtime staffer, external affairs director Pedro Gomez,…
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Ashley Hiruko @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
A must-read story by Erica Barnett.
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Casey Martin @caseyworks.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
@kuow.org has a handy guide to Washington state's legal challenges to the Trump administration. Thanks to @teopopescu.bsky.social for this Trump Tracker: www.kuow.org/stories/trum...
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Trump tracker: Washington state's legal challenges to the administration
KUOW has compiled a comprehensive guide to Washington state's responses to the Trump administration.
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Ashley Hiruko @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
In case you missed this over the weekend: Former Senior Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell described what it was like working for Mayor Bruce Harrell.
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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Fantastic reporting by @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social
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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 15/03/2025
Excellent reporting by @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
been hitting refresh all day www.kuow.org/stories/moni...
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Monisha Harrell breaks silence on her uncle – and former boss – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell
Monisha Harrell describes the mayor’s office as being a dog-eat-dog environment where white male advisors vied for power and influence. She said her experience, as a high-level woman ignored by the ma...
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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 09/03/2025
NEW: In August, Seattle canceled Nickelsville’s proposed 15-unit tiny house village in Rainier Valley. Until now, it was not clear why. Records obtained by @realchangenews.bsky.social show that some neighbors complained to the city prior to the permit denial. www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/03...
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Seattle canceled tiny house village after backlash from neighbors
Seattle canceled tiny house village after backlash from neighbors
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Aaron Kunkler @aaronkunkler.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Monarchs are doing better than last year which is good. But they're way below sustainable thresholds. The Fish and Wildlife Service rightfully promised these butterflies protections last December. Keep your eyes on Trump to make sure he doesn't reverse them. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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Eastern Monarch Population Improves But Remains Threatened
Center for Biological Diversity: Safeguards Still Urgently Needed to Save Iconic Butterfly
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 05/03/2025
From replacing the car's logo with another to getting rid of the vehicles altogether, KUOW heard from dozens of local drivers about how they're navigating the politics of Tesla ownership in 2025.
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Swap the logo? Sell the car? Seattle, a Tesla town, grapples with Elon Musk in Trump's orbit
From replacing the car's logo with another to getting rid of the vehicles altogether, KUOW heard from dozens of local drivers about how they're navigating the politics of Tesla ownership in 2025.
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Derek Wang @derekjwang.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I missed this earlier this week, maybe others did too. KUOW has this exclusive that digs deeper into the 1996 arrest of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell in Iowa, years before he was an elected official in the Seattle area. Story from Ashley Hiruko and is a must read. www.kuow.org/stories/woma...
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Woman says she was 8 months pregnant when Seattle Mayor Harrell pulled gun on her, leading to his 1996 arrest
Rose Sanchez may not remember every detail of the encounter between her family and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell from that late night in 1996. But there are details she told KUOW she’ll never forget, li...
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Ashley Hiruko @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
ICYMI: My latest story on Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell.
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Woman says she was 8 months pregnant when Seattle Mayor Harrell pulled gun on her, leading to his 1996 arrest
Rose Sanchez may not remember every detail of the encounter between her family and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell from that late night in 1996. But there are details she told KUOW she’ll never forget, li...
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Ashley Hiruko @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Saw this coming.
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Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS
Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials.
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 22/12/2024
There are lots of important stories in Seattle politics that go unreported because elected officials and public officials put up numerous barriers. Journalists don’t always try to overcome them. But in this case, KUOW did. Kudos to them. This is worth reading.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
This kind of coverage annoyed me at the time because I know Ashley and Isolde from KUOW are thorough, careful reporters who don't print rumors or "one unidentified source said" stories. Their most recent piece: www.kuow.org/stories/beau...
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'Beauty and the chief.' How a secret romance ended former Seattle Police Chief Diaz's career
Chief Adrian Diaz, wearing a black cowboy hat, beamed from atop a blue roan horse named Blucher. He was at the Seattle police barn, being interviewed by a TV journalist.
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Arvid Hokanson @arvidinseattle.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Must read reporting from @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social on what to the firing of former Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz www.kuow.org/stories/star...
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Star Wars-themed love letter torpedoed former Seattle Police Chief Diaz's career
As Diaz denied the alleged affair to media outlets, the mayor, and his own command staff, he disclosed intimate details of the relationship to his security detail, according to a city report.
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Casey Martin @caseyworks.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A must-read from @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social & Isolde Raftery: ‘Beauty and the chief.’ How a secret romance ended former Seattle Police Chief Diaz’s career @kuow.org www.kuow.org/stories/beau...
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‘Beauty and the chief.’ How a secret romance ended former Seattle Police Chief Diaz’s career
Chief Adrian Diaz, wearing a black cowboy hat, beamed from atop a blue roan horse named Blucher. He was at the Seattle police barn, being interviewed by a TV journalist.
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🏴S T R E P S I R R H I N I🏴 @strepsirrhini.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Essential reading for Seattle from @kuow.org @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social
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chiquiza.bsky.social @chiquiza.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Amazing reporting here by @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social and Isolde Raftery. The details are chilling.
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