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.

Chants of "defund S-P-D" have become a common message at protests in Seattle, and for the first time the idea is getting serious attention from the city council.

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On a dark and rainy February night last year, Sarah Rose of Spokane remembered thinking, as cars sped past her, that conditions were creating a high danger for pedestrian and driver conflicts. As her ...

Mayor Katie Wilson's anticipated gun violence reduction plan includes more police bike patrols in hot spots for crime and integrating violence interrupters into the 911 call center.

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SDOT is weighing a plan that would fully reopen Pike Place to cars Monday through Thursday from October to March. Here why that approach is wrong and how the Market will thrive with year-round pedestrianization.

After Lucca’s bone marrow transplant for Chediak-Higashi syndrome, Noelle’s family is urging more people to join the registry to help find her donor match.

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A new analysis predicts Washington’s millionaires tax will be paid by more households and bring in much more money than previously assumed.