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Polling shows tentative support for a possible ballot initiative to hire more police and open a mandatory treatment facility.

For Uber drivers and other gig workers, taking a day off means missing crucial paychecks.

King County's homeless are becoming older and sicker, which leaves them more at risk to the novel virus.

The growing divide between federal disability income and rent is leading more people into homelessness.

After weeks of back and forth, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Friday she would release funding for Seattle's lauded diversion program. 

As she enters the second half of her term, the mayor projects optimism, even amid concerns about homelessness, public safety.

Mayor Durkan was on a business trip to D.C. during the January shooting. Then council president Lisa Herbold says notification should have been clearer.

The proposal runs parallel to a proposed tax on large companies in Olympia. 

Landlords worry the proposal from Councilmember Kshama Sawant will leave them housing people for months without rent payments.

Before losing in a landslide election this week, president Kevin Stuckey prioritized close ties with the King County Labor Council.