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Upbeat image of massive Best Starts for Kids levy doesn’t tell King County...
Voters will soon decide whether to expand King County's $400 million Best Starts for Kids levy, first passed in 2015. The county has enthusiastically shared its successes, but a closer look reveals...
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Washington State Patrol’s toxicology lab ran tests in office contaminated by...
Traces of meth — linked to training efforts from years ago — have emerged in drug tests conducted at the state's toxicology lab. Some defense attorneys say the contamination has potentially tainted...
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Seattle Children’s releases few details from completed investigation into...
Seattle Children's hospital has yet to release former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's findings after an investigation into systemic racism at the institution, as recommended by the committee that...
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How Richard Sherman’s family, police and a gun dealer intervened to prevent...
Newly obtained King County Sheriff's Office records reveal former Seahawk Richard Sherman's threats to harm himself earlier this year, and the efforts taken to keep him from guns.
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Our team's mission is to hold the powerful to account and expose injustices. We want to pull back the curtain and make our team's work clearer, from how we decide which stories to pursue to how we get...
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Thin blue line thickens after murder charges for Tacoma police officers in...
Unprecedented criminal charges against three Tacoma officers for the killing of Manuel Ellis sparked unexpected consequences for supporters of the officers and advocates for greater accountability,...
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Washington hospitals filling as pandemic labor shortage strains health care...
Already struggling with another wave of the coronavirus, Washington state's hospitals are struggling to discharge patients to make room for others as nursing homes are grappling with staffing shortages.
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Mayor’s office knew for months Durkan’s phone setting caused texts to vanish,...
Seattle officials knew for months before it became public why Mayor Jenny Durkan's text messages were missing and when they disappeared, newly obtained records show.
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More meth, cocaine contamination found at Washington state toxicology lab
The latest sampling at the Washington State Patrol Toxicology Laboratory detected residual levels of cocaine on five sites and meth on four sites within the lab, a report posted this month on the lab's...
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A year after fire destroyed Malden, a grieving town slowly rebuilds
A year after a catastrophic fire destroyed 80 percent of an Eastern Washington town, it is likely a harbinger, as climate change brings hotter summers and drier land. "It happened so easily and I can...
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Have you reported sexual misconduct to a Washington state college or...
We’re hoping to talk with people who have reported sexual misconduct to their schools in the past several years. If you work with survivors or have other insight into the Title IX system in Washington...
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Hanford workers sickened by toxic exposure will wait another year more for...
Sick nuclear weapon workers got a double whammy of bad news - the Biden administration is pressing a lawsuit to unravel a worker-friendly benefit program, and a federal agency has stopped processing...
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Family of Manuel Ellis, killed by police, sues Tacoma, Pierce County
The family of Manuel Ellis, who died after being shocked with a stun gun, beaten, choked and hog-tied by police, sued the Tacoma Police Department and the Pierce County Sheriff. Three officers have...
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Lawsuit: 27-year-old man killed after DOC ignored warnings about dangerous...
A lawsuit blames the Washington Department of Corrections for the death of a 27-year-old man who was allegedly strangled by his cellmate — a man the DOC had been warned against placing in a cell with...
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Washington State Patrol’s hiring under fire as agency failed to diversify...
The Washington State Patrol, a century old this year, doesn’t look a lot different than when it started: white and male. For years, people inside and outside WSP have warned one part of the hiring...
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‘Can’t put a price tag on pain’: Boy Scouts sex-abuse settlement offers...
To settle more than 82,500 sexual abuse claims, the Boy Scouts of America proposes a pricing matrix that victims find jarring and attorneys find paltry. “You go from being a person to becoming ink on...
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Probe reveals kickback to King County deputy’s wife, exposes concerns over...
While the King County Sheriff's Office has made some changes to its confidential informant policies in recent years, it has not implemented two key recommendations its civilian watchdog agency says are...
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Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer charged with false reporting in January...
Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer has been charged by the state with making false statements and false reporting involving an incident with a newspaper carrier in January. Troyer has denied wrongdoing.
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As Seattle Schools’ busing woes persist, it has few options to ding its...
Seattle Public Schools' bus contractor has a history of problems, including the latest cuts to more than 140 routes. But the district in 2019 negotiated away its power to impose financial damages,...
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Jury in Tacoma police trial indicates a lone juror may be holding out
Jurors report they are close to reaching verdicts, but it appears a lone holdout is an obstacle in the criminal trial of three officers in the death of Manuel Ellis.
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