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News

Poll: Public safety is 'urgent' for Seattle voters, but they're mixed on solutions

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

by
  • David Kroman
/ March 5, 2020
Text redacted from a police transcript
News

Swatting, a scare tactic on the rise, may see harsher punishment in WA

Lawmakers want to make it a felony to harass others with fake 9-1-1 calls meant to elicit a police response.

by
  • Lilly Fowler
/ March 5, 2020
A spotlight on a bird in a cage
Opinion

Child sex trafficking survivors deserve to be protected, not criminalized

Washington state should take a necessary step toward ending the sexual abuse-to-prison pipeline by passing House Bill 1775.

by
  • Manka Dhingra &
  • Tina Orwall &
  • Shoshana Wineburg
/ February 28, 2020
Foster care beds
Opinion

Washington's foster care system indicts itself by placing kids in hotels

A system that relies on hotels and out-of-state group facilities only creates further trauma.

by
  • Tara Urs
/ February 26, 2020
State Rep. Jenny Graham
Politics

Death penalty personal for WA lawmaker who lost sister to Green River Killer

Rep. Jenny Graham wants to keep capital punishment on the books, highlighting how a state Supreme Court ruling hasn't ended the debate.

by
  • Shauna Sowersby
/ February 25, 2020
A police officer talking to people sitting on a sidewalk
News

With an eye toward public safety, Seattle officials grapple with future of arrest alternatives

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

by
  • David Kroman
/ February 24, 2020 /
Updated Feb. 24 at 8:00 a.m.
Fumiko Hayashida and daughter Natalie
Opinion

A 'trail of ghosts' in Seattle, 78 years after Japanese incarceration

On this Day of Remembrance, Japanese Americans help ask who gets to identify as American today.

by
  • Glenn Nelson
/ February 19, 2020
Seattle downtown
Opinion

Downtown chaos may be the only constant in Seattle's changing core

The recent tragedy is but one act in a centuries-old drama.

by
  • Knute Berger
/ February 18, 2020
Opinion

My daughter died in the Parkland mass shooting. A few extra seconds could have saved her life

After losing her daughter two years ago, a mother explains why Washington should restrict access to high capacity magazines.

by
  • April Schentrup
/ February 14, 2020
Three people talk inside a cannabis company warehouse
Equity

Black pot entrepreneurs fight for piece of Washington's very white marijuana industry

“They were prosecuting us the most for cannabis...now, they’re on the street corners in our neighborhoods, selling that stuff to us."

by
  • Melissa Santos
/ February 13, 2020
Boy and his mom
Politics

Washington considers faster pathways to restoring rights after felony convictions

Three proposals in the state Legislature seek to help those with past convictions volunteer in schools, clear their records and earn their right to vote back faster.

by
  • Shauna Sowersby
/ February 13, 2020
Boy
Opinion

I knew one of the accused Third Avenue shooters

A troubled childhood was the precursor to a life of crime. It could have been different.

by
  • Marcus Harrison Green
/ February 12, 2020 /
Updated 5:08 p.m., Feb. 12, 2020
Cell
Opinion

King County's new youth jail and the false promise of 'zero youth detention'

The county named for Martin Luther King Jr. is investing vast amounts of money in a facility intended to incarcerate children.

by
  • Nikkita Oliver
/ February 11, 2020
Phone with Big Fish Casino app
Politics

'Free' casino apps prey on addiction, users say, and WA lawmakers are considering a crackdown

Several ongoing lawsuits allege that mobile casino games, as well as games that let players buy ‘loot boxes,’ amount to illegal online gambling.

by
  • Melissa Santos
/ February 7, 2020
Thumb on phone
Opinion

Why Seattle's first responders need to better understand trauma

Behavioral health crises demand careful interventions. The city should adopt more robust trauma-informed care practices.

by
  • Devin Konick-Seese
/ February 7, 2020
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