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‘Help protect kids’: Relative of Marysville shooting victim urges lawmakers...
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A new round of gun safety measures got a hearing Thursday in Olympia. The bill that is getting most attention is the one that would require that firearms be stored safely. It’s a...
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Teacher shortage solution: Raise pay?
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A big push took place in Olympia Tuesday to address the teacher shortage crisis throughout the state. Principals and superintendents across Washington showed up to a Senate hearing...
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Seattle mayor admits city’s homeless system is “broken”
SEATTLE -- As the shooting was happening at a homeless encampment Tuesday night, Mayor Ed Murray was actually giving a prime-time speech about the homeless crisis that threatens to spiral out of...
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Seattle mayor calls for big changes to homeless services system
SEATTLE -- In the aftermath of the homeless encampment shooting in Seattle, Mayor Ed Murray is pleading for millions more to help combat the spiraling crisis. But, at the same time, he admits that the...
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Iowa caucuses: Ted Cruz wins GOP contest; Democrats’ Clinton and Sanders in...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses, a huge victory for him and a bitter defeat for Donald Trump in the country's first presidential contest. Democrats,...
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Seattle mayor proposes $290 million housing levy to help combat homelessness
SEATTLE -- Seattle Mayor Ed Murray on Wednesday laid out an ambitious – and expensive – plan to help combat homelessness and provide more affordable housing. He’s pushing a nearly $300 million...
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Trump, Sanders win presidential primaries in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders have cruised to victories Tuesday night in the New Hampshire primaries, in a pair of results that will shake up the...
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Inslee tries to reassure public as 2 state agencies lose leaders
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday sought to reassure the public that two of that state’s most important agencies will soon get permanent leaders. “We do have acting leadership now,” Inslee...
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Shortchanging our kids: State lawmakers still lack plan for school funding
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- State lawmakers are more than halfway through this year’s two-month legislative session and still haven't taken any substantial, decisive action on their duty to fully fund public...
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Mayor praises economic vitality of Seattle in State of the City address
SEATTLE -- Mayor Ed Murray on Tuesday delivered his State of the City address in which he praised the economic vitality of Seattle, including an unemployment rate under 3.5%. But he reminded citizens...
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Apple pushes back against judge’s order to hack iPhone of dead terrorist
SEATTLE -- There was a huge fallout Wednesday from a federal judge's order that Apple help unlock the IPhone of one of last December’s San Bernardino terrorists. Apple and many privacy advocates are...
View ArticleWashington lawmakers debate teacher shortage crisis; 2 solutions being pushed
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- There’s a big debate in Olympia over combating the teacher shortage crisis throughout Washington. Local districts have thousands of positions to fill over the next few years. In...
View ArticleIn State of City Address, Tacoma mayor calls for police reforms, extension of...
TACOMA -- Mayor Marilyn Strickland delivered her State of the City Address on Wednesday. She praised Tacoma’s recent progress, including a hike in the minimum wage, but she said more needs to be done...
View ArticleMayor says police shooting of Che Taylor appears justified, but will await...
SEATTLE -- Mayor Ed Murray said Wednesday the police shooting that killed a black man in the Wedgwood neighborhood last Sunday appeared justified, based on the information he had received from the...
View ArticleClinton, Trump win big on Super Tuesday, but Sanders, Cruz pick up some states
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tightened their grips on the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations while Ted Cruz won Super Tuesday's biggest prize: Texas. Voters of each...
View ArticleMitt Romney: Donald Trump is a ‘phony, a fraud’; Trump fires back
(CNN) -- Mitt Romney delivered a sweeping broadside against Donald Trump on Thursday, laying into the Republican presidential front-runner with a sharper attack than any of the party's 2016 contenders...
View ArticleShowdown in Olympia as legislative session deadline looms
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Republican legislators on Tuesday pushed back against Gov. Jay Inslee’s veto threat of the nearly 40 bills that are currently sitting on his desk. “That would be a very poor...
View ArticleState schools chief Randy Dorn close to a third-party run for governor
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- As the Legislature approaches Thursday's deadline for a new budget, state Schools Superintendent Randy Dorn is speaking out about his frustration -- and about his possible bombshell...
View ArticlePresidential contests now move to the West
SEATTLE -- After Tuesday's vote in five states, the race for the president is coming into clearer focus. Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton each had commanding nights, winning at least...
View ArticleClinton family stumps in Washington ahead of Saturday’s Democratic...
SEATTLE -- Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders praised Seattle’s progressive politics Sunday in a rally before thousands at KeyArena. On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton will be here doing the same with...
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