As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.

Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.

On an August evening in Beacon Hill, in the back patio of the restaurant familyfriend, Kelabe Tewolde and his crew hovered around a laptop, waiting for the first primary election results to come in. A...

President Trump promised a monetary benefit for Americans if the midterm elections go his way. He hasn’t said exactly how such an initiative would work.

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Proposed 2027 health insurance premiums are rising across much of the U.S. See requested rate increases by state and what they mean for consumers.

Primary results show Washington voters don’t like the two-party system. With proportional ranked choice voting, Washington voters could have a multiparty system.

While Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat claims progressives “fizzled” in Washington state because a few primary challengers trailed, Kamau Chege argues that analysis is flawed, ignoring other wins that show the left is wresting control of the party.

We're hearing a lot of misinformation on the Millionaires Tax. Some ultra-wealthy people and special interest groups who don’t want to pay this tax are pushing the false narrative of “millionaire tax ...

While Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat claims progressives “fizzled” in Washington state because a few primary challengers trailed, Kamau Chege argues that analysis is flawed, ignoring other win...

Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case

We expect the Mamdani administration to uphold a simple, non-negotiable standard: no one with a history of antisemitism or hostility toward Jews, Zionists, Israelis or Jewish institutions should be ap...

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes wasn’t a martyr; he embodied the status quo, and Mayor Katie Wilson was right to oust him and push for true police accountability, argues Cliff Cawthon, a longtime community advocate in Seattle.

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Sound Transit recently revealed light rail won't reach Ballard until "around 2060" without further intervention. Seattle Subway lays out a path to greatly accelerate this delivery date, which they cal...