House committee takes swipe at drunk driving
Lawmakers still need to figure out the costs of enacting the tougher measures sought by Gov. Jay Inslee.
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Lawmakers still need to figure out the costs of enacting the tougher measures sought by Gov. Jay Inslee.
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Navy, state protect Hood Canal tidelands.
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Gold in them thar initiatives. Pebble Mine: Bad news for salmon.
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And that will leave one more important step to take. Soon.
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Commentary: When schools and police have problems, the leaders are replaced. But the true problem lies in the influence of unions.
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Guest Opinion: There's one big factor missing from far too much of the discussion: The voice of the families of the victims.
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Thousands advocated peacefully for labor, jobs and immigrant causes in Seattle. Then a few hundred protesters engaged in vandalism and minor clashes with police.
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Lots has happened since last year's (window) smashing May Day celebration. But a new police chief, a chastened SPD and a mayoral election promise peaceful marches this time around.
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Democratic Senators pushed back hard against a proposed Senate bill that would allow business owners to discriminate based on their own religious and philosophical views.
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Seattle's new interim police chief says he's sorry about the offensive video he made in the eighties. Is that enough?
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Commentary: Our reaction to tragedy driven by evil too often winds up glorifying it.
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Marijuana advocates are split on a proposal to tax medical cannabis usage.
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Governor, lawmakers respond to drunk-driving fatalities in bipartisan fashion.
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City says security stepped up around infrastructure.
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Two Seattle execs and one software platform aim to help women grow their businesses.
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It's going after a reporter who received a leak. This has never happened before in this country.
The lawmakers in a state that names its baseball field after a beer wants to trample the First Amendment in an attempt to thwart voters' will on legalization.
"If you read the proposal Kleiman’s team submitted to Washington State, you may be a little boggled by the complexities of turning an illicit herb into a regulated, safe, consumer-friendly business."
France became the 14th nation to pass marriage equality.The first wedding could take place before the end of the month.
Some two dozen police and federal agents spent the morning in an apartment search that began after dawn this morning.
A jury took less than an hour to convict inmate Byron Scherf of strangling Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendel. Next week: the death penalty phase of the trial.
Seattle police say one officer was injured when he was hit by an object that was thrown near Minor and Pine shortly after 8 p.m. The extent of the officer’s injuries was not immediately known.
A good percentage have been cleared for release but we are doing nothing.
Judy Clarke, a well-known death penalty lawyer, will be part of the team defending Boston suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Clarke was the executive director of the Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho in Spokane from 1992 to 2002.
The Colorado Court of Appeals decided Thursday that marijuana users don't have job protection.