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Seattle sports are driving up SPD's overtime bill
Mariners, Seahawks and Sounders games are big contributors to SPD's special event expenditures.
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Vermin, beatings & typhoid: Highlights of life in an early Seattle jail
Life on the chain gang was no picnic, but as one member put it, he'd rather be on the chain gang than in the city jail.
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Seattle's new police chief has had a busy first few months
With just over 100 days on the job, Seattle police chief Kathleen O'Toole briefed the City Council on her department's recent work.
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Democrats say state can protect women's contraceptive coverage
Gov. Jay Inslee and several allies say a new law could get around the Hobby Lobby ruling that corporations can opt out of providing contraception on religious grounds.
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Police department spent budget-busting $22 million on overtime last year
New leaders say they are looking at getting the system under control.