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Ousted Swedish surgeon claims a conspiracy, but doctors say ‘smoking gun’ is...
In bid to win back his medical license, former Swedish surgeon Johnny Delashaw says doctors fed stories to The Seattle Times to discredit him, but the document his lawyers call the “smoking gun” was...
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Seattle underestimates by millions the cost to run its new streetcar line,...
The discrepancy boils down to staffing. Metro thinks it will need almost twice as many employees to operate the streetcar system — including operators, mechanics and supervisors — as SDOT does.
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Women claimed famed playwright Israel Horovitz harassed them at an Olympia...
Two people say Israel Horovitz harassed them at Olympia’s Harlequin Productions, which has staged six of his plays. An artistic director says, “It never seemed to me that it was any big deal,” and...
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Seattle Mayor Durkan orders independent review of projected streetcar costs
Seattle is launching a review of its streetcar expansion project after a report showed internal disputes over how much it will cost to operate the system.
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Olympia theater group’s founders face inquiry over famed playwright accused...
Harlequin Productions’ board president says the group is investigating the theater’s response to women’s claims of harassment against Israel Horovitz, who visited the theater several times. He won’t be...
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Olympia theater’s co-founder resigns amid claims sexual-harassment...
Scot Whitney, who along with his wife, Linda, started Harlequin Productions in 1991, also left his seat as a board member as an inquiry into the allegations by two actresses continues.
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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan halts streetcar expansion project as costs jump...
An initial review of Seattle’s streetcar expansion project found that costs have ballooned by $23 million. Mayor Jenny Durkan ordered an immediate stop to the project on Friday.
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Washington Department of Licensing details how often it gave residents’ info...
The state Department of Licensing now says it responded to hundreds of requests for information from immigration-enforcement officials over an eight-month stretch — before a Seattle Times story...
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$930 million Move Seattle levy falling behind on project promises, review finds
The 2015 transportation levy is twice as large as its predecessor, but a new city report now says that funding isn't keeping up with rising construction costs. The city also blames insufficient cost...
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Get used to those crowded Metro buses: They won’t get better quickly
Metro can’t add buses as fast as Seattle requested, so the city must rethink its spending strategy for crosstown transit.
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Behind Seattle’s rising pension costs: Past mismanagement adds to taxpayers’...
The Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System had one of the worst investment returns of any large public pension over a decade, triggering higher costs for the city and taxpayers. Behind the system’s...
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After investigation into Seattle’s pension system, readers wonder: Why not...
Our Times Watchdog team answers reader questions after a Seattle Times investigation into past mismanagement problems with Seattle's pension fund.
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Seattle’s transportation department struggles with rising costs, unkept promises
SDOT says it can’t deliver on promises made by its massive 2015 construction levy, called Move Seattle. The department also is dealing with an over-budget and on-hold streetcar project.
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Federal officials investigating practices of Warren Buffett’s mobile-home...
The federal government is investigating Clayton Homes, the mobile-home business in Warren Buffett’s empire that was the subject of a news investigation into its lending to low-income and minority buyers.
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$12 million a mile: Here’s how bike-lane costs shot sky high in Seattle
At present rates, the Seattle Department of Transportation says it might be able to afford only half the 50 miles of bike lanes promised in the Move Seattle levy approved by voters in 2015.
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Out of homelessness, into a hovel: Public money spent on Seattle houses with...
In response to the homelessness crisis, local governments are spending millions of dollars on rental subsidies to get people into housing that is seen as more stable. But with lax oversight, those...
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Ex-teaching assistant charged with raping child at Seattle school kept job...
Before the rape allegation surfaced in January, Albert C. Virachismith was able to hold onto his job despite a suspension, critical employment review and a written reprimand, newly released records show.
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Mariners execs faced workplace complaints; three women received settlements
Three women accused Mariners executives of inappropriate workplace conduct in 2009-10, a Seattle Times investigation found. And in 2015, camera operators at Safeco Field shot up-close video of two...
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Mariners CEO Kevin Mather apologizes for past conduct, says he’s learned from...
In response to a Seattle Times story published Wednesday, the Mariners acknowledged that current CEO Kevin Mather had previously been the subject of two workplace complaints from female employees. The...
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To lobby for public money, Mariners called on former Constantine adviser
Now a managing partner at Pacific Public Affairs, Joe Woods left Dow Constantine’s office in February 2015, more than three years before his lobbying for the Mariners began.
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