Working with progressive Council allies, the Emerald City's newest chief executive has begun delivering changes residents can see and feel, but her first budget proposal raises harder questions about sustaining public services and meeting the city’s needs.

The new legislation adds teeth to disclosure requirements for online influencers who are paid to post about politics.

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New data show the number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon.

At Embassy Suites, hotel workers, through UNITE HERE Local 8, have been on strike since June 18. It's now the longest hotel strike in Washington history.

Amy Acton’s campaign said multiple people were injured at the event at a county fair in Canfield, Ohio.

The U.S. Postal Service rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting, and defied a court order to stop work on the...

From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...

Seattle recently took aim at rental fees, which can add hundreds of dollars to housing bills every month. Renters across the region now ask, what about us?

President Donald Trump and the Republicans keep maligning mail-in voting, saying it's slipshod and corrupt. But one such local election just got a perfect score, Danny Westneat writes.

An inspection contractor found a chemical tank at a Washington state paper mill was unfit for service 10 months before its fatal failure in May. The U.S.