Politics

Week In Review

COVID, space, and some desperately needed rain, this week

Bill Radke discusses the week's news with KIRO7 reporter Essex Porter, Seattle Times senior investigative editor Jonathan Martin, and contributing writer at Seattle Gay News and Tacoma Weekly, Renee Raketty.

Seattle City Council will spend extra police salaries on community groups, not hiring bonuses

The Seattle Police Department says it has a $15 million surplus in police salaries after hundreds of officers left the department in recent months.

'If you believe conspiracy theories about vaccines' this week in politics is for you

The City of Seattle, King County and Washington state have issued Covid-19 vaccination mandates for public employees to get vaccinated or face possible termination. Many people affected are complying, but not everyone. And that means things could get awkward.

KUOW Newsroom

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says City Council bill restricting crowd-control tactics 'doesn't change anything'

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says she wants to improve policing in the city, but City Council members recently overstepped some legal boundaries to do so.

KUOW Newsroom

Keeping Seattle 'clear of encampments:' Harrell's housing plan

In Seattle’s Green Lake Park Thursday, Seattle mayoral candidate Bruce Harrell outlined his platform if elected to increase emergency housing for people who are unsheltered, and to clear homeless encampments in city parks and playgrounds.

KUOW Newsroom

Seattle's economic recovery is a mixed bag

Remember a few month ago, when we thought we were getting a leg up on Covid-19? When we thought it was “time to celebrate” downtown Seattle’s recovery by going there and doing normal things? Some of that is happening. Some.

KUOW Newsroom

Who supports who in Seattle's mayoral election?: This week in politics

And what does it really mean to be a "progressive" or a "moderate" in the Seattle mayoral race? Will Inslee face political ramifications for school vaccination mandate?

Seattle Now

Casual Friday: 'Put the memes in the earth'

The City Attorney's race got spicy this week, and the rest of the city warmed up too. Plus, fun with time capsules.

Speakers Forum

Civil political discourse is alive and well at 'Civic Saturday'

Social Distancing may be drawing to a close, but that doesn’t mean folks are eager to come together just yet. The potential unity among Americans, involving civil civic discourse, continues to prove a bumpy road, to say the least. But according to the speakers in this talk, it’s a journey still worth committing to, having ‘faith’ in, and suffering through, together.

KUOW Newsroom

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan responds to police pushback over vaccine mandate and more

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced this week the city workers will be required to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The Seattle Police Officers Guild wasn't pleased, claiming the city did not consult members as required under the guild's bargaining agreement.