Seattle councilmembers call on city to renegotiate police contract

As Sound Transit eyes other funding sources for its light rail network, Washington Policy Center writers say that it is roads that should be invested in.

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best addressed a trio of violent incidents in Seattle over the weekend, noting a lack of support from city officials as one of the driving factors behind an understaffed department. 

Seattle and King County Public Health is investigating another new confirmed case of measles in a county resident.

A shocking decision was handed down by a Washington State Court of Appeals Monday, ruling that the City of Seattle has the legal authority to impose an income tax. 

With the latest study, the Northwest is inching closer to an ultra-high-speed rail project to connect Vancouver BC, Seattle, and Portland, with hour-long trips between them.

Sources allege that King County Executive Dow Constantine retaliated against a member of his protection unit who he believes spoke to the media.

Immigrant rights and labor leaders are using Amazon's Prime Day, the annual 48-hour shopping event that rakes in billions, to draw attention to workplace conditions, pay, and the company's ties with ICE.

A Vashon Island man sent a manifesto hours before he died. In it, he seems to indicate he was willing to die for his cause and stated “I am antifa.”

President Trump fired off a tweet suggesting that four Democratic Congresswomen go back to the countries they are from. There's a few details he has missed.

What's the solution when gang violence, drugs, theft, robbery, and a variety of smaller crimes are committed by kids?

An armed man was killed, stopped by police while allegedly trying to burn down Tacoma's Northwest Detention Center.

The Bankrate.com report found Washington is the fifth worst state in the country to spend your twilight years, based on factors including affordability, crime, culture, weather, and wellness, among others.

Seattle isn't expected to be a target of the ICE raids this weekend. But Mayor Jenny Durkan has ordered all city departments to prepare, just in case.

Washington's Shake Alert system may not be fully online yet, but it did pass a key test after a pair of earthquakes jolted Snohomish County early Friday morning.

A tree that fell and hit a car on southbound Aurora Avenue North has all but one lane blocked near Comstock Street.