Kathy Nyland's Journey From Neighborhood Activist To City Leader Marcie Sillman talks to Kathy Nyland, the new director of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, about how she went from advocating for the Georgetown... Marcie Sillman
Central Seattle: Rent, Crime Top Concerns in District 3 On a map of Seattle's new City Council District 3, one street stands out. That thoroughfare slashes diagonally through the street grid like a samurai... Joshua McNichols
Feeling Displaced In Southeast Seattle, District 2 If you want to track displacement from Seattle’s Central Area, just follow the restaurants. Jackson’s Catfish Corner in Rainier Beach started on East... Amy Radil
West Seattle, District 1: Pride, Parking And Some Insecurity People in West Seattle often complain that no one comes to visit. They say this with some disbelief, because as far as they’re concerned, they live in... Joshua McNichols
Criminal Database In Washington State Missing Tens Of Thousands Of Records The Washington state database that employers and firearms dealers rely on to do criminal background checks is missing information on tens of thousands... Deborah Wang
Can Seattle Afford Broadband? Marcie Sillman speaks with Geekwire's Todd Bishop about Seattle's broadband debacle. An independent consultant says it's just too expensive for Seattle... Marcie Sillman
Washington State Budget Negotiations As Stagnant As Ever Marcie Sillman talks with KUOW Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins about budget progress at the state. Hannah Burn
Seattle Finds Citizen Oversight Of Police Discipline Isn’t Easy To Get Ross Reynolds speaks with Jennifer Shaw, deputy director of the ACLU of Washington and a founding commissioner of Seattle's Community Police Commission,... Posey Gruener
Immigrant Advocates Criticize Bed Quotas at Detention Centers Guaranteed payments to contractors at federal detention centers have helped to create a quota system for immigration enforcement, according to a report... Liz Jones
State Patrol Looks To Recruit Laid-Off Mill Workers By the end of the year, the Washington State Patrol could need more than 200 new troopers because many are closing in on their retirement. So the agency... Lisa Brooks