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In rebuke to Amazon, Seattle City Council members endorse Sawant
Vocal support from Teresa Mosqueda and Lorena González comes after the tech giant dumped $1 million more into municipal races.
Melissa Santos
Melissa Santos is formerly a Crosscut staff reporter who covered state politics and the Legislature. She came to Crosscut from The Seattle Times editorial board, where she wrote columns and opinion pi
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Civil rights icon Larry Gossett goes from lion to longshot in his final election
Challenger Girmay Zahilay shocked the veteran King County Council member in the primary. Now, Gossett is trying to stage a comeback.
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4 Puget Sound counties may do what the state couldn’t: Pass a clean-fuel standard
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency may start requiring cleaner gasoline after state lawmakers punted on a similar policy this year.
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These ballot boxes keep your vote safe from fire, rain and rampaging SUVs
The welded steel drop boxes got their start in the Puget Sound area, but are now in demand across the country.
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Election security will be key in 2020. Washington state is already ahead of the curve
Many anti-hacking measures that election watchdogs want to enact at the federal level are already in place in Washington state.