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Rocky launch of Seattle’s new construction-permit system causes delays, anger
The number of Seattle permit applications completing initial review plummeted 75 percent from April to May, from 266 to 66. Builders say problems with the system are setting their projects back by...
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Central Washington University fires Rep. Matt Manweller over alleged...
Manweller blasted the university’s investigation into him, calling it politically motivated. In a text message Tuesday, Manweller wrote that he intended to file a lawsuit against both the university...
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Report finds Rep. Matt Manweller engaged in a pattern of inappropriate...
An investigation into Washington state Rep. Matt Manweller has found that he engaged in a pattern of inappropriate behavior with female students while he was a professor at Central Washington...
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Did Seattle City Hall deliberately withhold records? New info shows tally of...
The records that have surfaced are significant, two open-government advocates said this week, because they appear to demonstrate that mostthe council secretly conferred to take action on official...
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Closed-door negotiations but no deal in battle over Seattle plan to upzone...
In addition to upzoning parts of 27 neighborhoods, the plan would require developers to build or pay for a number of apartments affordable to households with low incomes.
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‘What a mess’: Texts by Seattle mayor, council member shed light on head-tax...
Newly released texts involving Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Councilmember M. Lorena González underscore how polling results helped spike the city’s head tax and offer an unvarnished look at the...
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Timeline: A summary of sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Matt Manweller
Washington state Rep. Matt Manweller has faced a series of sexual misconduct allegations in recent years. Here’s a summary of some of the allegations against Manweller, which have surfaced in...
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Boeing saved $227M from state tax incentives last year while it cut 6,000 jobs
Boeing disclosed that Washington state’s aerospace industry tax incentives saved the company $227 million in 2017. The figures indicate that after subtracting the incentives, Boeing paid about $27...
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Attacks on staff surge at Western State Hospital: ‘How bad does it have to get?’
TIMES WATCHDOG: “How bad does it have to get?” staffers at Western State Hospital asked after several brutal attacks on nurses. Once on the decline, reported assaults on staff are up sharply. The rise...
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Seattle’s waterfront-overhaul plan meets resistance from the people who are...
The talks could result in the city reducing the size of the assessment and making commitments related to maintaining the public space that's planned to be built after the Alaskan Way Viaduct is...
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At Swedish’s neuroscience unit, some staff see a better culture; CEO vows...
After a tumultuous period at Swedish's neuroscience institute in Seattle, leaders addressed internal angst about the organization's culture. Some staff who had raised concerns about patient safety say...
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Gov. Jay Inslee’s out-of-state trips strain budget of Washington State Patrol...
In the past fiscal year, the State Patrol's Executive Protection Unit overshot its $2.6 million budget allotment by $400,000, with overtime and travel accounting for 62 percent of the...
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SeaTac mayor resigned, gave up law license after allegations he swindled...
Facing disbarment, Michael Siefkes relinquished his law license in September, after allegations he'd manipulated a vulnerable client into giving him cars and cash worth up to $300,000.
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Mayor Jenny Durkan’s top staffers used private email accounts to talk...
Seattle officials did not initially turn over the emails in response to The Seattle Times' June 11 Public Records Act request, but the newspaper appealed. The communications raise questions about the...
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Seattle, suburbs would lose all water pressure within 24 hours of...
A new seismic analysis shows Seattle area residents could be without water for one to two months after a big quake, but SPU is keeping the entire report secret and releasing only a 13-page summary due...
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‘So much blood’: Son haunted by questions after Renton police’s ‘shoddy’...
While the medical examiner's office determined that Gary Gatewood died from a "shotgun blast to the head," it said that, because of the "uncertain circumstances" of the Renton Police Department's...
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Seattle is close to picking transportation chief, but you aren’t allowed to...
The mayor's office declined to give information on the finalists to run the city's transportation department, and search-committee members who vetted those finalists signed confidentiality agreements...
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At a prominent Bellevue badminton club, girls describe a coach who crossed...
Bellevue police have reopened an investigation into alleged misconduct by a coach at a badminton club after several girls and young women have come forward with stories about inappropriate massages and...
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Washington state Rep. Matt Manweller to step down next month over...
State Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, who won re-election Nov. 6 and denies the allegations against him, has submitted his resignation. County commissioners in his district will next choose a...
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Lax Washington oversight of bounty hunters sets stage for mayhem, tragedy
Bounty hunters nab people who skip their court dates and owe the company that posted their bail. These agents, with the right to force their way into homes, are only very lightly trained and regulated...
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