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Seattle SWAT Team Standing Off With King County Sheriff's Deputy Suspected of Domestic Violence
A Seattle Police Department SWAT team is negotiating with a King County sheriff’s deputy who is barricaded in an apartment on Belmont Avenue, according to a spokesperson. Police received a report of a domestic violence-related assault at the apartment at 1:30 a.m, according to Det. Patrick Michaud, a spokesperson for the Seattle Police Department. SWAT negotiators have been at the scene since… → Read More
What We Know About the Suspected Arson at the Youth Jail Construction Site
Broken bottles and fire. → Read More
Tonight: Join Night School for a Panel on What We Should Do About White Nationalists
What's the best response to hate? → Read More
Mayor Durkan Urges Business-Friendly Tweaks to Proposed Employers Tax
Mayor Jenny Durkan has finally weighed in on the debate over a proposed employee hours tax to fund housing and homelessness services. In short, Durkan wants the Seattle City Council keep small businesses in mind as they move forward with a new tax. In a letter on Tuesday that was spotted by Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, the mayor urged council members to reject any “skin in the game fee” for small… → Read More
Starbucks Will Close Stores for an Afternoon to Train Employees on Race
More than 8,000 stores will participate. → Read More
King County Detective Who Pulled Gun on Motorcyclist Suspended for Five Days
The plainclothes King County officer who pulled a gun on an unarmed motorcyclist during a traffic stop in August has been suspended for five days without pay and additional training. King County Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht announced Detective Richard Rowe’s punishment during a press conference at the Sheriff’s Office headquarters, according to reporters in attendance. Johanknect wrote in a report… → Read More
Olympia 2018 Recap: The Death Penalty Is Alive, Gun Control Is Dead
Everything You Need to Know About the Legislative Session → Read More
Task Force Recommends Council Adopt $75 Million "Head Tax" to Fund Homelessness Services
Also known as an Employee Hours Tax. → Read More
Inslee Vetoes Legislative Secrecy Bill
Back to the legislature. → Read More
Newsweek, Ijeoma Oluo, and the Overhyping of Twitter Bots in Al Franken's Resignation
Overhyping the influence of Twitter bots doesn’t serve anyone but the misinformers. → Read More
Watch Live: Mayor Jenny Durkan's First State of the City Address
Mayor Jenny Durkan will be giving her first State of the City address at Rainier Beach High School at 11 a.m. She is expected to announce a plan to give free ORCA cards to high school students and Seattle Promise scholars. Watch live above and follow along below. I'll be updating this post with any news from Durkan's address. → Read More
UPDATE: No Evidence of Shooting at Highline College, Authorities Say
Following reports of gunfire and a campus lockdown, authorities found no evidence of a shooting at Highline College south of Seattle, according to Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority Public Information Officer Captain Kyle Ohashi. Reached by phone, Ohashi said, “At this time, we have not found a shooter or evidence of shooter—shell casings, things like that—or victims. We have found no… → Read More
Police Made Five Arrests and Deployed Pepper Spray at the UW Patriot Prayer Rally
Fun Saturday. → Read More
Seattle Gives You 180 Days to Make a Sexual Harassment Complaint. Is That Enough?
The city is looking into it. → Read More
Add Rep. Pramila Jayapal to the List of Dems Boycotting the State of the Union
ANNOUNCEMENT: With all the racism coming from the White House, I will NOT be attending @realDonaldTrump's State of the Union.Instead, we'll focus on the State of OUR Union, our opposition to his agenda, and we will lift up a progressive and inclusive vision of our country. pic.twitter.com/dcAWMIkZZV— Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal) January 15, 2018 A rough transcript:... → Read More
Stephen Bannon Steps Down From Breitbart. What Should He Do Next?
Slog poll! → Read More
Here Are the People Tasked With Figuring Out a New Progressive Tax For Seattle
16 members. → Read More
Durkan to Announce $100 Million in Affordable Housing
Nine new apartment buildings. → Read More
Seattle's Directors of Transportation and Civil Rights Both Resign
Another two gone. → Read More
The Morning News: Basic Decency on Trial in Alabama, Fatal Police Shooting in Magnuson Park
Also: Airbnb, Kirsten Gillibrand and Matt Manweller. → Read More