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Seattle schools chief mulls plan to reduce student screen time

By: Scott Greenstone, David Kroman, Jason Burrows, Gabrielle Healy

"Doing everything on screen is too much," the head of Seattle public schools said. But he hasn't committed to specific measures to reduce screen time yet.

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Seattle Mayor Wilson still rents. Can she help her fellow renters?

By: Scott Greenstone

Katie Wilson lives in the same one-bedroom apartment she lived in before winning the mayors' race. She's trying to improve stability for her fellow renters — but big roadblocks lie ahead.

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Sound Politics answers your Washington state ballot questions live

By: Scott Greenstone

KUOW's politics podcast is hosting its first-ever live taping.

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Seattle makes polyamorous, pan and asexual people a protected class

By: Scott Greenstone

The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend legal discrimination protections to people in polyamorous relationships and people who identify as pansexual and asexual.

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Seattle’s housing construction is down. Could this proposal juice it?

By: Scott Greenstone

The proposal might be controversial for how it exempts developers from paying for affordable housing.

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Natural gas initiative ruled unconstitutional by Washington state Supreme Court

By: Scott Greenstone

An initiative voters passed in 2024 to keep the state from moving its energy grid away from natural gas violates Washington's Constitution, a majority of the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

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Seattle Mayor Wilson says she’s working ‘as fast as possible’ to implement gun violence plan

By: Scott Greenstone, Stephen Howie

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson answered questions Tuesday about gun violence, outstanding investigations in which police still haven’t made arrests, and polling that shows a growing sense of insecurity among Seattleites when it comes to public safety.

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Seattle’s social housing agency unveils plans for 20-unit project in Central District

By: Scott Greenstone

It's the first of many in the next year and a half, leadership hopes.

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Wilson wants to emulate Denver, Houston with new homelessness strategy

By: Scott Greenstone

A program that moved homeless people in Pioneer Square into housing before the World Cup will be expanded to the rest of Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson announced Wednesday.

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Seattle City Council wants to restore fire department overtime, among flood of budget adds

By: Scott Greenstone

Seattle City Council members have submitted 170 changes to Mayor Katie Wilson’s budget proposal. One that is likely to stick would restore around $7 million in overtime to the Seattle Fire Department’s budget.