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Amelia Bonow Fights for Abortion Rights with Pills

“I think it’s really difficult for people to wrap their minds around this, but Roe v. Wade is toast.”

03/03/2022 By Allison Williams

Group Chat

How Progressive Is Seattle?

An extra-long election season gave us more time to weigh which side of the left we’re really on. In the aftermath, three insiders take our political temperature.

02/15/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Tax Break

So, What Happened to Washington’s Long-Term Care Tax?

Paychecks were supposed to get clipped at the start of the year, but backlash has led to a long delay.

02/14/2022 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

File Them Away

The Wackiest Bills at Washington's Legislative Session

A gubernatorial electoral college, zipper merging, a state dinosaur...it's all (technically) up for debate in Olympia this year.

01/28/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Exit Interview

Jenny Durkan on Those Missing Texts, CHOP, and Covid

Seattle's latest one-term mayor reflects on her turbulent four years in office.

12/21/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

2021 Election

Kshama Sawant's Get Out the Vote Campaign Decided the Recall Election

All that awkward eye contact was worth it for supporters of the Seattle City Council member.

12/20/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Power Players

The Most Influential People in Seattle Politics

Politicians, consultants, and other local leaders who make and shape our laws.

12/09/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Into the Void

What Happens If Kshama Sawant Is Recalled?

Weighing the possibility with Seattle University professor Marco Lowe.

12/06/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

2021 Election

Seattle May Be Progressive, But Its Voters Weren't This Election

Despite a late push from the left, the more moderate candidate prevailed in three of the four citywide races. Why?

11/15/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

The Big Dark

Patty Murray Wants to Stop Turning Back the Clock

The Washington senator is on a quest to make daylight saving time permanent.

11/05/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

2021 Election

Reintroducing Bruce Harrell, Seattle's Next Mayor

The former three-term city council member defeated M. Lorena González after ditching retirement.

11/05/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

2021 Election

The Defund Debate Finally Took Center Stage in Seattle’s Mayoral Race

In their last televised appeals to voters, M. Lorena González and Bruce Harrell sparred over their positions on policing.

11/01/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Vote!

What You Need to Know about the November 2 General Election

Ballot logistics, candidates, and other essential information for those who wait until the last minute to cast their votes.

10/28/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Explainer

We Have a Culture War…in the Seattle City Attorney’s Race?

Why a down-ballot contest became the talk of the town.

10/27/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Vote of Confidence

Secretary of State Kim Wyman Delivers an October Surprise

The Republican leader of local elections will now tackle election security for the Biden administration.

10/27/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

City Council Position, At-Large

This Election Race Is (Probably) Going to Be Seattle’s Tightest

A brewery owner and police abolitionist square off for a seat on the city’s controversial legislative body.

10/26/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

ICYMI

Kathy Lambert Is Election Season’s First Loser

Even before votes are tallied, the fifth-term King County Council member has forfeited some of her power in ignominious fashion.

10/20/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

2021 Mayoral Race

What M. Lorena González and Bruce Harrell Said in First TV Debate

Other than "my opponent."

10/18/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Explainer

Seattle Will Have a Recall Election After All. How Will It Work?

The petition to remove Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant adds intrigue to this political season.

10/05/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Doomscroll Diversions

The City of Kent’s Twitter Account Is Wild

You have our attention, @CityofKent.

09/22/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Seattle Met

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Amelia Bonow Fights for Abortion Rights with Pills

How Progressive Is Seattle?

So, What Happened to Washington’s Long-Term Care Tax?

The Wackiest Bills at Washington's Legislative Session

Jenny Durkan on Those Missing Texts, CHOP, and Covid

Kshama Sawant's Get Out the Vote Campaign Decided the Recall Election

The Most Influential People in Seattle Politics

What Happens If Kshama Sawant Is Recalled?

Seattle May Be Progressive, But Its Voters Weren't This Election

Patty Murray Wants to Stop Turning Back the Clock

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