The city has scaled back prosecutions of low-level crimes — for good reason. But without scaling up diversion programs, a backlash is inevitable.

The welded steel dropboxes got their start in the Puget Sound, but are now in demand across the country.

A new report from the University of Washington reveals at least one way immigration officials are identifying undocumented immigrants for arrest.

Disapproval of the city’s handling of homelessness is high as an election looms.

The 2018 "head tax" fight continues to roil Seattle politics.

As the effects of a state ban on some e-cigarettes settle in, an industry that has grown accustomed to big changes contends with another.

In addition to supporting controversial worker protections, Andrew Lewis said he would consider whether a hotel was union or not when making land use decisions.

Immigration advocates are asking that the Tacoma City Council revoke the business license of GEO Group, the private company that runs the Northwest ICE Processing Center.  

The ad, for District 3 candidate Egan Orion, appears on the cover of the current issue of the alternative newspaper. 

A recent report on misdemeanors continues a toxic narrative in local politics.

Many anti-hacking measures that election watchdogs want to enact at the federal level are already in place in Washington state.

It’s been more than a week since Paul Chiyokten Wagner and a crew of other climate activists began camping out by Washington’s Capitol building in Olympia.

The veteran council member earned 37% of the primary vote. No incumbent has recovered from numbers that low in at least 20 years. 

The committee that launched I-1000 is deep in debt. Meanwhile, initiative promoter Tim Eyman is again in legal trouble as he champions I-976.

Council members expressed support for funding alternatives to arrest.