Seattle's income tax loses the first round in court A judge in King County has struck down Seattle's new income tax on higher earners. It's the first ruling in a case that's expected to go all the way to... Paige Browning
Business 'head tax' back on the table in Seattle Seattle's City Council wants to bring back its "head tax" proposal — and soon. The idea is to tax the city's largest businesses based on their number of... Paige Browning
Seattle city departments blew off this racial equity work — why? In 2014 Mayor Ed Murray ordered all City of Seattle departments to apply a racial equity lens to their work. But an examination by KUOW shows the... Patricia Murphy
'Civic Saturday' inspires a renewed appreciation of the rights and duties of citizenship Do we teach civics anymore? Technically, yes, in the public school systems of all 50 states. We often call it government. But are these courses... John O'Brien
Public health to oversee King County youth detention King County Executive Dow Constantine is making a change he says will help the county with its effort to dramatically reduce the practice of detaining... Patricia Murphy
Where did all of the escaped Atlantic salmon go? Bill Radke talks to Lynda Mapes, environment reporter for The Seattle Times , about where all of the nearly 100,000 escaped Atlantic salmon went and... Bill Radke Amina Al-Sadi
With less than two weeks until swearing-in, Durkan sets priorities Seattle mayor-elect Jenny Durkan greeted her 61-member transition team at a meeting at McCaw Hall Thursday. Members gave her a standing ovation after... Amy Radil
Gov. Inslee is bringing back some workforce training ideas from his trip to Switzerland Washington Governor Jay Inslee wants to develop a new normal for high school students: joining apprenticeship programs. Paige Browning
Wave of Washington women elected in 2017 If it seems more women jumped into politics this year, experts say that's true. Washington state will now have female mayors up and down Interstate 5,... Paige Browning
His fellow conservatives call him a 'green decoy.' Here's why | terrestrial Ty Stubblefield self-identifies as a “red blooded conservative,” but he’s also an avid hunter who is frustrated with the Republican party’s efforts to...