Clik here to view.
Dispute in Washington state capital over claim of $1.1 billion in potential...
A Washington state employee is under criminal investigation as new audits reveal how vulnerable the state's Employment Security Department was to a $640 million fraud widely blamed on foreign...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seattle Children’s knew for years security was called disproportionately on...
Hospital leaders recently changed Children's "Code Purple" policy to address the disparities first documented a decade ago. Former and current employees wonder why it's taken so long for progress to be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
As Pac-12 bet on rapid coronavirus tests to play football, UW debate boiled...
A "game-changer" deal for rapid coronavirus testing got the UW and Pac-12 schools' teams back on the field. But behind the scenes, UW officials worried about the plan, and research has now shown the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cyberattacks grind Hanford nuclear energy workers’ benefit program to a halt
Cyberattacks forced the federal government to abruptly shut down claims processing for sickened nuclear workers this week, potentially affecting more than 550 Hanford workers seeking federal benefits.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thousands of military and veterans’ COVID-19 vaccinations aren’t in...
Bureaucratic hurdles have blocked public health officials from obtaining detailed COVID-19 vaccine data for veterans and servicemembers in Washington, hiding the actual vaccination rate and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Charging decision expected Thursday for officers who fatally restrained...
The Washington state Attorney General's office is expected to announce Thursday whether any of the six officers who helped restrain Manuel Ellis last year on the night he died of oxygen deprivation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former Washington State Patrol sergeant stripped of right to carry a badge...
In a case testing Washington’s narrow criteria to take away an officer's badge and gun, a state agency stripped the peace officer certification of former Washington State Patrol sergeant Sean Carr over...
View ArticleClik here to view.
3 Tacoma officers charged in killing of Manuel Ellis
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday that three Tacoma officers have been charged in the March 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, whose case has sparked widespread protests.
View ArticleClik here to view.
A sister’s quest for answers in Manuel Ellis’ death
Even his home town, Manuel Ellis' killing by police went largely overlooked. Then his sister, Monet Carter-Mixon, went looking for answers. Her quest ended Thursday with unprecedented charges against...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Washington state to pay $3.25 million, admitting medical negligence in Monroe...
The family of John Kleutsch will receive a $3.25 million settlement after the state Department of Corrections admitted fault. Washington has faced withering criticism for breakdowns in medical care at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
King County promised to end youth homelessness by June 2021. It didn’t.
The King County End Youth Homelessness Now campaign was launched with public fanfare. A year later, it was suspended via an internal email from the director and largely failed to meet its bold...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Washington prisons chief Stephen Sinclair was forced out of his job by Gov....
DOC Secretary Stephen Sinclair's retirement in January was framed as voluntary. But records show he was forced out by Gov. Jay Inslee amid continuing revelations about prison health care failures —...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Durkan administration rejected requests to pay for improving Seattle’s...
For Seattle's 2019 and 2020 budgets, Mayor Jenny Durkan's administration rejected proposals by staff to fund text archiving projects.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Edouardo Jordan, acclaimed Seattle chef, accused by 15 women of sexual...
Multiple people told The Seattle Times that James Beard Award-winning chef Edouardo Jordan groped or behaved inappropriately toward women in the restaurant industry. Jordan denies some allegations...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Staff at Seattle chef Edouardo Jordan’s restaurants quits following sexual...
Most of the staff at acclaimed chef Edouardo Jordan’s restaurants quit on Sunday, after The Seattle Times published an investigation detailing 15 women’s allegations of sexual misconduct and unwanted...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Newspaper carrier who was confronted by Sheriff Ed Troyer files $5 million...
Attorneys for Sedrick Altheimer have filed a $5 million claim for damages, alleging the Black newspaper carrier's constitutional rights were violated during a Jan. 27 confrontation with Pierce County...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seattle chef Edouardo Jordan apologizes ‘unequivocally’ in response to the 15...
James Beard Award-winning chef Edouardo Jordan issued an apology statement on Saturday in response to a Seattle Times investigation published June 13 in which he was accused by multiple people of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seattle officer disciplined for working more than allowed, while watchdog...
A review by the Office of Police Accountability found a Seattle police officer worked more than 90 hours a week on 15 occasions in 2019 and identified numerous gaps in how the Seattle Police Department...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tacoma officers involved in Manuel Ellis’ death face new excessive force claim
Two Tacoma police officers involved in the death of Manuel Ellis face new allegations of excessive force. A tort claim accuses them of unnecessarily dragging and choking a man, and pointing a Taser at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What we learned from examining King County’s Best Starts for Kids levy
With Best Starts for Kids, King County embarked on a $400 million taxpayer-funded experiment to improve the lives of kids and communities in ways that had never been attempted. Early on, officials...
View Article