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Seattle’s District 9 race: How Oliver and Nelson’s visions diverge

The learning curve was “almost vertical,” said Nelson, but she nevertheless became a workhorse in Conlin’s office. Among her biggest projects was pushing back on a proposal for a third waste transfer...

King County moves toward repealing bicycle helmet law

Several board members were explicit during a meeting Thursday in their desire to strike the law from the books, and none raised any clear opposition. At the core of their reasoning was...

Poll shows many Seattle voters undecided, but Harrell leads

“Being in the U District, there is so much homelessness here,” said voter Michele Case. Case, 59, is voting for González because she believes the council president will be more in tune...

Seattle police intervening in fewer mental health calls, data show

The result, say service providers, is that individuals in deep crisis lack access to an imperfect, but essential, safety valve to keep them from hurting themselves or others.Officials with the Seattle Police...

Unions warn of ‘mass exodus’ over city of Seattle vaccine mandate

“I can tell you right now, we could potentially have a lot of officers that could be terminated by this mandate," Mike Solan, president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, said on...

$3M contract to research Seattle policing alternatives is legal, but lacking

However, the process by which the “Black Brilliance Research Project” was launched could have been more transparent and exposed weaknesses in the city’s overall system for oversight and selection of contractors, McCarthy...

King County rent relief still slow to reach tenants

It’s August, said Hardy, and they still haven’t given out a single dollar.. ”I just feel like there is a lot of bureaucracy making it very difficult,” she said. “It didn't have...

Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes concedes primary election

"After two decades of public service to Seattle – the last 12 as your City Attorney – it’s time to acknowledge that my opponents will be advancing to the general election," he...

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