After winning an endorsement from the King County Labor Council in 2015, the incumbent council member loses it this year to Zachary DeWolf.

Watchdogs fear that a recent administration order will make the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board less effective and nuclear waste sites more dangerous.

Several new bills in Congress focus on combating misinformation about vaccines, but would not limit exemptions like several states have.

Today's council may not always do what I want, but at least it listens to people beyond the business community.

State officials see the money from VW as offering "a critical opportunity" to put more zero-emission vehicles, including school buses, on the streets. 

The city is instituting new rules, increasing fines and encouraging creative uses to prevent developers from leaving buildings empty.

Plymouth Housing is looking to raise $75M in private donations to put toward the construction of eight new buildings.

For 13 years, neighbors have opposed the city's plan for the former Army post. The Seattle City Council on Tuesday brought that battle to a close. 

A media coalition will face off against Washington’s Legislature in a hearing this week before the state Supreme Court. At issue: Which documents can legislators legally withhold from the public?

Both the Arlene’s Flowers and Masterpiece Cakeshop court battles involve business owners who wouldn't serve same-sex couples. But the legal underpinnings are quite different. 

Almost two years after the council passed the tax it has its day in state court of appeals. 

Votes by the Seattle City Council and the Landmark Preservation Board sustain hopes that the music venue can be saved, but nothing is definite.

While the state Department of Ecology is concerned about meeting deadlines, the proposed solution from the Department of Energy is a non-starter.

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson's new policy of getting written consent from tribes before taking actions that affect them is not one most places have embraced, experts say.

He also founded the city’s first daily newspaper.