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In fight against opioid addiction, a local approach getting real results
Hearing the life of Desirae Downing, 33, it’s no wonder she struggles with opiate use. As a child, her
David Kroman
David Kroman is formerly a reporter at Crosscut, where he covered city politics. In addition to Crosscut, his work has appeared in The Seattle Times, CityLab, High Country News, Seattle Magazine and e
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A year into $15 wage, what we now know
Seattle has committed to a fully implemented $15 minimum wage by 2021 and, barring a coup d’etat at City
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Mayor follows socialist Sawant in fight against slumlord
They call it the “Carl Haglund law,” named for a landlord whose shoddy apartment buildings have raised eyebrows as high
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The ultimate test for the mayor and business community
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is in a tight spot, squeezed between business interests and a city council apparently eager to
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Beneath downtown Seattle, Bertha faces biggest test
The Seattle Mariners and the tunnel boring machine Bertha are following similar arcs lately. After years of wallowing in failure,