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Voters have the chance to directly influence Washington's public policy with three initiatives taking on the state's capital gains tax, carbon market and long-term care...
Washington has passed a suite of gun laws in the last decade. If each law needs a "historical analogue" from 1791-era America, could more gun...
Aides say the Washington Democrat has repeatedly upended privacy negotiations.
New databases and artificial intelligence algorithms can peg your political stripes, based solely on who you are. What drives WA politics? Religion, or lack thereof,...
When Cheryl Irvin's husband died from a heart attack, she expected to cremate him and hold a memorial within a week. It proved much more...
Elections officials asked the Democratic National Party for a 'provisional' certification that Biden will be the nominee so he can meet a ballot deadline.
The bill, introduced by Council President Sara Nelson, looks at ways to push candidates toward becoming a Seattle police officer and grease bureaucratic wheels.
A review of asset forfeitures by 8 agencies, including Seattle police, found inequities in the process along with a lack of transparency.
Burien City Manager Adolfo Bailon is recruiting a new police chief after the King County Sheriff's Office stopped enforcing an anti-camping ordinance.
There are currently seven candidates in the race for Washington state commissioner of public lands.
