This Week's News: The Final Frontier Why is William Shatner coming for our water? Does Seattle need rent control? Can a new policing plan tackle drug dealing downtown? Is tipping on the way... David Hyde
Crowd Fills City Hall To Support Rent Control In Pricey Seattle Hundreds of people crowded into Seattle City Hall Thursday night to air their concerns about the city's rising cost of housing. John Ryan
Seattle Police Attempt To Drive Drug Dealers Out Of Downtown There’s an open air drug market between Westlake Center and the Pike Place Market. People who live and work downtown are getting tired of dealing with... Joshua McNichols
Is Seattle Ready For Rent Control? Kshama Sawant Thinks So Seattle’s rents are rising fast – San Francisco, San Jose and Denver are the only cities outpacing us, according to real estate research firm Reis.... Joshua McNichols
Why This Rickety Building Lost The Fight Against Rising Rents On the top floor of the Summit Inn, a run-down building on Capitol Hill where artists live, Philomel Swango, 64, shows off bolts of colorful cloth and... Joshua McNichols
What's At Stake In Seattle City Council Appointment Marcie Sillman speaks with political analyst C.R. Douglas about the eight finalists for a short-term Seattle City Council seat. (The full list, in... Posey Gruener
How To Get Money Out Of Seattle Politics? Make Everyone A Donor Marcie Sillman talks with Estevan Munoz-Howard of Honest Elections Seattle about Seattle Initiative 122. If it makes the November ballot, voters would... Jason Pagano
State Treasurer Says It's Time For 'Grand Bargain' On Tax System Marcie Sillman talks to State Treasurer Jim McIntire about his proposal for a state income tax and overhaul of our current tax system to raise enough... Amina Al-Sadi
Pot Money Is Coming In Now, Where Should The State Spend It? Marcie Sillman talks with Alison Holcomb, the principle author of Initiative 522, about where lawmakers plan to spend the pot revenue. Hannah Burn
King County Seeks Emergency-Radio Upgrade With Tax Levy King County's aging emergency radio system is facing crunch time: After 2018, replacement components won't be available. So the county is proposing a... Ruby de Luna
