Relying on the charity of the uber wealthy is a poor substitute for the kind of ongoing support more progressive taxes can provide.

Like most of Seattle’s live music scene, this year’s 20th edition of ‘Sound Off!’ looks radically different.

Right-wing and wealthy interests have long whipped up anti-Seattle sentiments and used them to their advantage. Now, they may be losing their grip.

A new capital-gains tax, a slate of police accountability bills and new limits on carrying guns at protests are just a few of the things that state lawmakers approved.

Democratic lawmakers say now is the moment to fix the state’s regressive tax code, which they say unfairly burdens low-income people.

In May, Megan Duffy will lead the state’s Recreation and Conservation Office, a small-but-mighty division that funds everything from land acquisition to salmon recovery. 

A lawsuit claims three teenagers were handcuffed while in isolation, violating the state’s own policies and raising profound moral questions.

Two bills before the state Legislature impose new costs and bureaucracies without reducing emissions all that much.