Lack of oversight
Small, local special districts will face more scrutiny following Enumclaw drainage district case.
Affordable Housing
High construction and land costs will incentivize developers to build luxury units.
Seahawks
I witnessed ‘Contemplative Doug,’ not ‘Angry Doug,’ in my time covering the Seahawks.
Tenant protections included longer notices and more judicial discretion.
King County
This may not be the same opioid epidemic anymore.
Affirmative action
The initiative could allow affirmative action to return to Washington state after 20 years.
GAMING EXPANSION
Opening in 2021, dynamic resort experience to meet guest demand, the tribe says
King County
A press release from the annual count showed a reduction in people living without a home.
Update
Three companies at Boeing Field have indicated they will not service deportation flights.
2019 WA Legislature
Total spending is $52.4 billion; includes levy lid lift for school districts and some tax increases.
Homelessness
Small, portable housing units are being explored by the county to address homelessness.
WA Legislature
New laws target vaccines, sex crimes and daylight savings; losers include sex ed and dwarf tossing bills.
WA Legislature
Nurses show up in Olympia to support bill, protest Sen. Walsh’s remarks.
Jimi Hendrix
Postal Service connected Hendrix to family during his Army service.
Colton Harris-Moore says travel restrictions are holding back a lucrative public-speaking career.
Environment
Hot, dry summers are stressing native tree species in Western Washington.
Landfill update
King County Council to vote on plan.
Environment
King County treatment plant joins effort to counteract effects of carbon dioxide.
WA has about 10,000 untested kits; new law would reduce testing time to 45 days
Detectives searched for a Mill Creek killer for 47 years. Genealogy and genetics led to a breakthrough.
