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King County homelessness agency board votes to tighten purse strings following damning audit

Board members of the troubled King County regional homelessness agency appear committed to correcting its overspending and weak financial systems, rejecting calls from other officials to abandon it entirely.
- Amy Radil
Citing audit as 'last straw,' officials seek to dissolve King County Regional Homelessness Authority

The King County Regional Homelessness Authority has had a rocky tenure, and now there are questions about its future in the wake of a new audit released Wednesday.
- Amy Radil
Seattle mayor has 'serious concerns' for homelessness agency after audit

In the wake of a new forensic audit commissioned by Seattle and King County, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said she has “serious concerns” about financial management at the troubled King County Regional Homelessness Authority, and that “all options are on the table.”
- Amy Radil
King County Assessor John Arthur Wilson faces new calls to resign amid stalking scandal

Wilson, whom the Council cannot remove from office, oversees the department responsible for appraising property values in the county. The three-term tax assessor has been at the center of an ongoing case of alleged stalking and harassment that ended his bid for higher office last year.
- Catharine Smith
King County limits immigration operations on county property, moves away from legal term ‘alien’

The King County Council voted on Tuesday to ban civil immigration operations from staging and processing on certain county property.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
King County staffers say new executive's return-to-office push ignores crucial details

King County employees are pushing back hard over their return-to-office mandate, with questions both pragmatic and philosophical.
- Amy Radil
Report finds King County corrections officers used excessive force, submitted faulty investigation

A report from the King County Ombuds finds the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention “more likely than not” used excessive force when officers punched and Tased a man during a jail booking on Nov. 10, 2024.
- Amy Radil
King County jurors convict Seattle man of hate crime for targeting transgender women

A Seattle man is facing five to seven years in prison for attacking a transgender woman in the University District neighborhood last March.
- Amy Radil
Zahilay's first executive order bars ICE from King County-owned properties

In his first executive order since becoming King County executive in November, Girmay Zahilay has barred immigration authorities from conducting enforcement activities in non-public areas of county-owned buildings and properties.
- KUOW Staff
Green River College fires president after $14 million deficit forces widespread cuts

Green River College has ousted President Suzanne Johnson after a massive budget shortfall forced college-wide cuts this school year.
- Ann Dornfeld

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