How drug policy is showing up in city council races Open drug use is a huge problem in Seattle right now. And the issue is key in the upcoming city council election. KUOW political reporter David Hyde bring us up to speed on how drug policy is figuring into this year’s races.
'When I walk to school, I can see people shooting up.' How Seattle's drug crisis drives election debate Chinatown-International District resident Joe Clark says the neighborhood always felt safe, until his daughter began sharing alarming stories about witnessing drug use on her walk to the school. Stories like Clark's are one reason why drug policy is now at the center of this year’s city council races. Voters tell pollsters drugs are a top issue, but what exactly do they want?
Serious changes to Seattle elections could be on your ballot next year City council member Teresa Mosqueda is floating a proposed charter amendment to change when Seattle elections occur. It would "stagger" city council elections to reduce the number held in a single year, and also seeks to move all Seattle races from odd years to even years to try and juice voter turnout.
Does Washington state's ballot signature rule disenfranchise voters? On Tuesday King County Superior Court Judge Mark Larrañaga heard a case challenging Washington State’s ballot verification system as discriminatory but made no ruling.
Judge temporarily blocks Dayton library dissolution from the fall ballot A measure to dissolve a small library district in southeastern Washington is blocked – for now – from the November ballot.
Spotlight back on public safety in Seattle's Little Saigon neighborhood George Nguyen owns the Lam Seafood Market in Seattle's Little Saigon neighborhood. Nguyen said the crime and drug use outside — and inside — his store has gotten so intense in recent months that he's had to put up a foreboding barbed wire fence near the entrance. Now he worries the fence is driving away customers. "The last thing I wanted to do was make our neighborhood look like a prison yard," Nguyen said.
Voting Rights in the Yakima Valley — Redrawing the 15th Legislative District Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with USC Professor Christian Grose to talk about the recent ruling about the 15th Legislative District map in WA State, and the legal reasons why it needs to be redrawn.
UW professor responds to Republicans' accusations that she colluded to 'censor Americans' A University of Washington professor at the center of a congressional investigation says Republicans have mischaracterized her work.