Law And Courts

Seattle 'poised' to get serious about public drug use, Mayor Harrell says

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell signed the city’s new drug possession law Wednesday. It’s now on track to take effect in thirty days, on Oct. 20. “We are poised to address the crisis with the seriousness that it is,” Harrell said, after he and City Attorney Ann Davison toured Evergreen Treatment Services in the Sodo neighborhood Wednesday.

Kelso gun store sued for violating ban on high-capacity magazines

Seattle City Council returns to drug law debate with new proposal

The Seattle City Council’s Public Safety committee has approved a new version of the drug possession law in a 4-1 vote Tuesday.

Federal judge salutes 'the end of the beginning' of Seattle’s police reform efforts

In a hearing Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Robart said the Seattle Police Department has made substantial progress in major issues at the heart of a decade-long federal consent decree. He predicted the decree will pass away "in the near future."

Bremerton's praying coach returns to the sidelines, for now

After an eight-year legal battle that culminated in a ruling in his favor by the U.S. Supreme Court, Bremerton High School’s praying football coach, Joe Kennedy, returns to the sidelines Friday and he is ready to both pray and play, at least for one game.