Rinck wrapped up the five-way primary with 50.2% of the vote, nearly 12 points ahead of Woo’s 38.4%.  Rinck works on state budget and policy issues for the University of Washington and used...

Audience members shouted and jeered at the Council, resulting in Council President Sara Nelson calling for several 10-minute recesses and eventually kicking everyone out of chambers. Councilmembers returned to their offices to...

Community organizer Saunatina Sanchez and data-privacy tech worker Tariq Yusuf netted 4.4% and 4% of the vote at first count. It can take days or weeks to finish counting ballots with Washington’s...

In the next five years, Smith wants to add at least 60 more 911 dispatchers and call takers and get staff vacancy down to below 10% from its current 17%. She also...

Woo is running to finish the term against Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Saunatina Sanchez and Tariq Yusuf. A fifth candidate, Saul Patu, told the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission he had withdrawn from...

In November voters will choose whether to continue taxing themselves to keep checking items off that to-do list over the next eight years. City leaders are asking Seattleites to pass a $1.55...

In a 6-3 decision split on ideological lines, the court ruled that an Oregon town’s ban on sleeping outdoors does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, effectively sanctioning the criminalization of homelessness....

The Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) pilot program launched last October. The program sends mental health experts out with police officers to respond to people having mental or behavioral health crises.  The...