Politics Friday politics: How do we make police more accountable? This week we've been taking a look at how systemic racism affects our city, our region and our state. Angela King Kim Shepard
Politics King County Council prepares to ask voters for more power over Sheriff’s Office A majority on the King County Council are seeking more authority over the Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff responds that the council’s process has been rushed and could leave voters confused. Amy Radil
Politics Friday politics: Seattle mayor and council battle over police budget Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkin came out swinging at the Seattle City Council this week, laying out plans to reduce the police budget by about 20 percent and calling the council's plan for considerably larger cuts irresponsible. Paige Browning Kim Shepard
Politics Mayor Durkan: "We are not about making tweaks, we are really about reimagining" Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on reimagining the Seattle Police Department and what to do about the West Seattle bridge. Marcie Sillman Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Politics King County Executive on oversight of Sheriff's office Dow Constantine talks to Marcie Sillman about the Sheriff's office, Covid-19 cases in the county, and more bad news for the West Seattle bridge. Marcie Sillman Alison Bruzek
Politics 'Defund SPD' now supported by Seattle council majority, but not the mayor Calls to slash the police budget are growing louder in Seattle and now city council members are discussing proposals to do so by 50 percent. Paige Browning
Politics Who gets credit for Seattle's new business tax? So who (or what) got the new tax on business passed by the Seattle City Council? Angela King Kim Shepard
Education New Trump administration rule has Washington's international students on edge ‘I'm not going to be able to do the work that I need to do successfully.’ Kim Malcolm Esmy Jimenez
Politics Politics vs the pandemic: Are anti-maskers like anti-vaxxers? Is the rejection of masks by Republican candidates another case of the politicization of science, as we’ve seen with vaccines and climate change? David Hyde
Politics Supreme Court Undercuts Access To Birth Control Under Obamacare The opinion upheld a Trump administration rule that significantly cut back on the Affordable Care Act requirement that insurers provide free birth control coverage under almost all health care plans. Nina Totenberg
