Local Politics

Candidates for Washington governor in 2024. Top row: Republican candidates Semi Bird and Dave Reichert. Bottom row: Democratic candidates Bob Ferguson and Mark Mullet.

July 16, 2024 at 6:00 am

New WA Poll measures how race for governor's mansion is shaping up

The state's longtime attorney general, Bob Ferguson, led in a new statewide poll ahead of the state's Aug. 6 primary. 1 hour ago

A cyclist bikes past the Seattle Police Department headquarters in downtown Seattle on Friday, April 26, 2024.

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July 15, 2024 at 5:23 pm

Pierce County won’t file criminal charges against SPD deputy chief

Pierce County prosecutors say they won't filed criminal domestic-violence charges against Seattle Police Deputy Chief Eric Barden and question the alleged victim's credibility.

July 15, 2024 at 3:27 pm

RNC delegates confident of Trump win; DeSantis to join WA fundraiser

Washington Republicans are looking to raise cash for Trump, including with an August fundraiser headlined by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Clyde Hill.

High-voltage transmission lines seen in Newhalem along SR 20 in the western foothills of the North Cascades on Friday, January, 12, 2024. Newhalem is a company town owned by Seattle City Light. The Skagit River Hydroelectric Project consists of a series of dams and hydroelectric power-generating stations including the Gorge Powerhouse just around the bend on the left.

July 15, 2024 at 10:22 am

Seattle City Light rates to increase as utility struggles with supply, demand

Electricity prices will rise more steeply than originally forecast, but city officials say that hiking rates now will save residents from steeper increases in the...

Metro employees held an “informational protest” at noon outside Metro’s South base in Tukwila in response to an African statue reportedly found hanging from a noose at the base (Metro is investigating) and issues of structural racism at Metro, Thursday, June 25, 2020. 214299

July 15, 2024 at 6:00 am

Black women at King County get lower pay, fewer promotions, report finds

Black women employees at King County see widespread disparities in pay and promotions, and regularly experience microaggressions and discrimination, a report found.

Darrell Powell, the former King County Regional Homelessness Authority Interim CEO, was fired after he wrote a letter about how dysfunctional organization. Photographed in Seattle, Washington, on June 12, 2024. 227200 (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times)

July 15, 2024 at 6:00 am

Regional homelessness efforts need success, but job tougher than ever

A new CEO has been hired to lead the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, which has been called an "impossible job." But officials want to...

Scott Hogg, a delegate and member of the RNC Platform Committee, from Camas, WA, photographed in Menomonee Falls, WI, Sunday, July 14, 2024.

July 14, 2024 at 4:31 pm

In Milwaukee, Trump shooting stuns RNC delegates from WA

Washington delegates to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee reacted to the attempted killing of former President Donald Trump, saying they want the country to...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) PAGP116 PAGP116

July 14, 2024 at 6:00 am

WA politicians, residents react to Trump rally shooting WATCH

Local political leaders rejected violence in statements. A professor reflected on past assassination attempts. And two sisters with opposing views agreed on something.