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An Iranian-born woman held at the Canadian border for 11 hours tells her story
The Bellevue woman, who works at Microsoft, was held by U.S. Border Patrol with dozens of others.
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State environmental law slowed housing construction in Seattle. Lawmakers want to pick up the pace
In the midst of a housing crisis, some view the State Environmental Policy Act as a barrier to relief.
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Voting rights, representation and the future of democracy in the nation's fruit basket
Yakima's population is nearly half Latinx, yet it took a tumultuous voting rights battle to open the door to more Latinx elected officials. Now the city council has just one.
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An investigation accused Matt Shea of domestic terrorism. He might stay in the WA Legislature anyway.
No consensus has emerged about whether to expel the GOP lawmaker from the state House, a rare form of discipline.
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Who’s afraid of rent control?
The history and politics of making rent less damn high, in Seattle and beyond.