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    Seattle City Council Seeks Ride-Share Data for Possible...
    By Melissa Hellmann • April 12, 2018 2:45 pm

    The city digs into the transit issue, Uber rolls out a new insurance plan for its drivers.

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    Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Larry Nyland speaks at a November press conference about a new agreement between the city and Seattle Public Schools. Photo by Melissa Hellmann
    Seattle Public Schools Announces Superintendent Finalists
    By Melissa Hellmann • March 27, 2018 10:50 am

    While candidates have been chosen, many parents still have issues with the search process.

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    Northwest Detention Center Hunger Striker Released After 20 Days in Solitary
    Northwest Detention Center Hunger Striker Released After 20...
    By Melissa Hellmann • March 2, 2018 2:45 pm

    The ACLU-WA filed a lawsuit to uphold Jesus Chavez Flores’s First Amendment rights.

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    The Fair Chance Housing Law bars landlords from using criminal records to deny an applicant. Photo by Ken Ratcliff/Flickr
    Fair Chance Housing Law Offers Renewed Hope to...
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 22, 2018 10:00 am

    The new ordinance bars landlords from denying applicants with criminal records.

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    Photo by Jessica Spengler/Flickr
    Budget Proposal Would Jeopardize Washington’s Food Assistance Program
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 16, 2018 9:00 am

    Policy analysts say Trump’s plan to slash SNAP’s funding would push people further into poverty.

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    2017 People’s Tribunal, organized by Northwest Detention Center Resistance. Photo by Sara Bernard.
    Immigrant Rights Community Responds to Allegations Against Seattle...
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 15, 2018 9:30 am

    Activists say that Monday’s charges further vindicate their fight against the organization’s tactics.

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    Photo by Melissa Hellmann                                 Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker talks to other members at an NAACP Youth Coalition meeting on January 31.
    Seattle High School Students of Color Demand Their...
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 5, 2018 7:00 am

    The NAACP Youth Coalition want the district to officially acknowledge “that black lives matter.”

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    Bus driver Chrystale Holiwell pickets outside of the South Park bus lot on Thursday. Photo by Melissa Hellmann
    Seattle School Bus Drivers Strike for Health Care
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 2, 2018 7:00 am

    For the second time this school year, bus lots host picket lines. This time, there’s no end in sight.

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    Katrina Johnson, Charleena Lyles’ cousin, supports offering legal assistance to families involved in police shooting deaths. Photo by Sara Bernard
    King County Offers Families of Police Shooting Victims...
    By Melissa Hellmann • February 1, 2018 7:00 am

    The Council unanimously voted to provide publicly-funded legal counsel during fact-finding hearings.

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    Scenes from 4Culture’s Creative Justice program, an arts based alternative to incarceration for King County. (Photo courtesy of Creative Justice/Timothy Aguero Photography)
    Politics and Art Clash Over 4Culture’s Future
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 31, 2018 7:00 am

    A county ordinance would impose greater oversight on cultural funding agency. But is that necessary?

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    Jagajit Singh Samra and his wife Parwinder in their West Seattle business, A Pizza Mart. Courtesy of Keep Seattle Livable for All
    Small Businesses Aren’t Too Sweet on New Beverage...
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 26, 2018 7:00 am

    The tax on sugary drinks rolled out on Jan. 1, but not everyone is happy.

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    The front of the Children and Family Justice Center. (Image courtesy of King County website)
    Future Funding Sources for Youth Detention Facility Are...
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 25, 2018 10:15 am

    If King County loses its Supreme Court appeal, where will money to complete construction come from?

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    Katrina Johnson, Charleena Lyles’ cousin, speaks at a press conference for De-Escalate Washington’s I-940 on July 6, 2017. (Photo by Sara Bernard)
    The State’s Deadly Force Law for Police Could...
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 24, 2018 12:50 pm

    Initiative 940 received enough signatures to head to the state Legislature or the ballot.

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    How a Women’s March Organizer Found Her Voice and Passed the Mic
    How a Women’s March Organizer Found Her Voice...
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 23, 2018 7:00 am

    Immigrant. Mother. Detainee. Activist. Asha Mohamed has found resolve since the first Women’s March.

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    Washington state capitol campus. Photo by Cacophony/Wikimedia
    Capital Budget Passed, But Affordable Housing Still Threatened
    By Josh Kelety • January 19, 2018 4:41 pm

    Some state projects aimed at homeless families and disabled veterans won’t happen.

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    Photo by SounderBruce/Flickr
    Ballot Initiative Threat Has Energy Industry Warming to...
    By Josh Kelety • January 19, 2018 4:03 pm

    Businesses fear a ballot-passed tax could be far costlier than a negotiated deal.

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    Foster parents and advocates rallied at the Capitol on Wednesday. Photo by Gary Love
    Foster Parents Advocate for Stronger Rights
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 19, 2018 7:00 am

    Advocates hope to revamp the current system to ease the toll on kids and their foster families.

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    The Post Exchange and Gymnasium building is one of many structures remaining from Fort Lawton’s past. Photo by Wonderlane/Flickr
    As Plans for Fort Lawton Move Forward, a...
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 12, 2018 7:00 am

    The former Army base could ease the city’s low-income housing shortage or school overcrowding. It just probably can’t do both.

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    Judge Rules Seattle Is in Compliance with Consent Decree
    Judge Rules Seattle Is in Compliance with Consent...
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 11, 2018 7:30 am

    The news ushers in a two-year monitoring period in which the city can’t slip up.

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    Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at the Museum of History and Industry on May 19, 2016.. Photo by Joe Mabel/Flickr
    Local Politicians and Advocates Push for Immigrant Protections
    By Melissa Hellmann • January 4, 2018 7:30 am

    Amid national immigration talks Wednesday, Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against Motel 6 for discriminatory policies while advocates asked that Congress act on DACA.

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