Listen as many voices bring the Constitution to life A question arose this election season, as it does periodically: How well do U.S. citizens and candidates for public office understand and value the... John O'Brien
A minimum wage fight outside Seattle could shape state Legislature A bump in the state minimum wage is on your fall ballot – Initiative 1433. It would raise the hourly wage $4 by the year 2020. In one Snohomish County... David Hyde
Sound Transit 3: The money rolls in, on both sides Money keeps pouring into the battle over the Sound Transit 3 ballot measure, with Mass Transit Now, the campaign working to pass the $54 billion transit... Abe Epton
Seattle hotel workers seek protection with Initiative 124 An initiative before voters in Seattle this November would put a panic button in every hotel worker’s hand. It’s one of a series of protections for a... Carolyn Adolph
Walkinshaw and Jayapal tout progressive optimism in 7th District ads The race to represent Washington’s 7th Congressional District is going full throttle. That’s the seat being vacated by longtime Representative Jim... Amy Radil
Mr. Smith stays in Washington – with help from military-industrial complex Democrat Adam Smith of Bellevue is running to keep his seat in Congress, but most of his campaign cash comes not from Washington state but from... John Ryan
Disgust, dismay, hope: What you felt after the Trump-Clinton debate While Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were duking it out on Sunday night, you were watching. Some of you were at a presidential debate-viewing party... Ross Reynolds
This week we're taking on some taxing issues Are liberal lobbyists writing Seattle's laws? Should Washington put a carbon tax on fossil fuels? And what can Vancouver, B.C. teach Seattle about safe... Bill Radke
Fact Check: Presidential Debate Reprise Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton faced off in the second presidential debate Sunday night. NPR's politics team was live annotating... NPR News
Should carbon emissions be taxed? Environmentalists are split If you could make energy companies pay $25 for every ton of CO2 they emitted, would you? What if that tax increased your electric bill and the cost of... Ashley Ahearn
