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Washington's legal system severely backlogged following pandemic
Months of COVID-19 lockdowns mean courts and prosecutors' offices face an overwhelming queue of cases.
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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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Seattle's COVID relief money to focus on direct aid, housing
Seattle will get $300 million in COVID relief funding over two years. Here are the city's priorities.
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Where Seattle is on police reforms, one year after protests
Top-down police oversight requirements and grassroots organizations demanding fundamental changes to policing put City Hall in the hot seat.
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How a WA Supreme Court ruling changed a man’s life in Korea
A story posted to Reddit gave a man deported on a drug charge hope for reconnecting to his Washington state roots.
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Seattle police funding debate turns to flawed officer behavior system
As the city council considers more police budget cuts, it must weigh the future of an embattled system intended to anticipate bad behavior.