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Seattle homeless outreach, child care and elder care workers are leaving for higher wages, making it harder to provide care for the city’s most vulnerable.

The city is aiming for 30% coverage by 2037, but tree growth is trending in the wrong direction.

Daniel Curry spends his days on horseback studying wolves’ migration patterns and deterring them from encroaching on the human landscape.

12 artist-approved ways to bolster our city’s creative ecosystem, from buying art at coffee shops to moonlighting as an usher.

Juarez, the first Indigenous woman to hold the position, was selected by her colleagues to serve as council president in January 2022.

State lawmakers use the projections to parse funds for schools, prisons, parks and social services. But will the economic dip affect their blueprint?

Dulce Gutierrez and Nikki Torres may differ in political viewpoints, but both candidates seek to increase civic awareness in their communities.

Both candidates say public safety is their primary concern. But reform-oriented Leesa Manion and tough-on-crime Jim Ferrell have divergent paths in mind.

The softer approach to prosecution has seen double the referrals since tough-on-crime city attorney Ann Davison took office in January.

As Puget Sound becomes denser, some community groups have unusual authority to veto land-use decisions within their neighborhoods, but won't for long.

Fifty years ago, America was at a breaking point. Here's what I learned then that might help us through today's turmoil.

El condado de Yakima, escenario de múltiples demandas sobre el derecho al voto, es el foco de nuevos casos luego de un desorganizado proceso de reordenación distrital estatal.

The Pay Up policy would provide a base-pay equivalent to Seattle's minimum wage, along with other worker protections for app-based workers.