Search Results

Initiative 2066 aimed to keep gas as a utility option for consumers. But potential court challenges could complicate putting it into action.

The poles — which are not part of Coast Salish tradition — sparked a mini-culture war in Seattle around Indigenous representation and historic preservation.

A citizen panel recommends the pay bump, which would push annual salaries over $70,000, to keep pace with growing duties and rising costs of living.

Though the report said agencies are complying with the law, they could do better at helping people reclaim seized property and tracking demographic data.

Too many cases, too few lawyers and too little money hurt local governments’ ability to provide effective counsel to those with financial constraints.

Members of law enforcement, community organizers and more weigh in on the trial of three Tacoma officers charged in the 2020 death of Ellis.

The debate over more density or more tree canopy got personal as developers clashed with the city’s Urban Forestry Commission. 

It’s not a matter of if but when the tsunami comes. Whether Washington is prepared depends a lot on the will of voters.

The state ranks near worst in the nation for constraints on civil asset forfeiture.

Washington police sell or use millions of dollars’ worth of seized property each year. Legislators haven’t managed to change the rules.