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Here are the issues and bills that are still yet to be decided in the final days of the legislative session.

On day 101 of 105 in Washington's legislative session, the House of Representatives approved a new capital gains tax in a tight 53-45 vote.

For the second year in a row, Seafair won't look the same.

Amtrak announced that it will restore daily service on 12 long distance routes across the country, including two that run through Seattle.

Chauvin was found guilty on three charges: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

"You thought he was just some kid with an air freshener, he was a prince," Sharpton said. "Minneapolis is stopped today to honor the prince of Brooklyn Center."

The House has passed to make D.C. the 51st state of the United States.

If King County rolled back to Phase 2 of the state's Healthy Washington plan, retail and restaurant capacity would drop from 50% to 25%.

The art installation was only up for a few hours but drew dozens of curious onlookers. #k5evening

Authors of a new study on the risk of COVID-19 to pregnant women say it reinforces the importance for those women to get vaccinated.

BANGKOK (AP) — When the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations holds a special summit Saturday to discuss Myanmar, the regional body will be under as much scrutiny as the general who led the February coup ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Opponents of the junta are furious that ASEAN is welcoming […]

Emerald Downs will allow fans, up to 25% of capacity, when it opens for horse racing May 19 in Auburn. Tickets for the first 10 race days (May 19 through June 17) will be available soon, and the track is encouraging fans to buy them online. Tickets will be available at the gates only if […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Jason Heyward had a game-ending, pinch-hit single in the 10th after Dan Winkler stranded the bases loaded in the top of the inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 4-3 Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep. Kris Bryant had two hits and two RBIs and Willson Contreras also […]

Washington has a short offseason and most of its players back to take another run at an NCAA title. But it'll take plenty of work to close the small gap between title and runner-up.

Rapper Shock G, who was famous for the hit single “The Humpty Dance,” died Thursday night, according to Digital Underground co-founder Chopmaster J. He was 57. A report from TMZ said that Shock G, named Gregory Jacobs by birth, died at a hotel in Tampa, Florida. “Thirty-four years ago, almost to the day, we had […]

Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp says he'll run against a fellow Republican for a seat in the House. He tells Jason Rantz the imcumbent is weak.

Gov. Jay Inslee delivered a press conference Thursday, acknowledging that Washington now appears to be entering into a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases.

Another bill to help lower the unemployment insurance tax burden for small businesses has passed both chambers of the Legislature.

Seattle's South Lane Street seems like an innocuous stretch of road, but its namesake carries a controversial history that could soon be amended.

The NOAA released a new five-year plan on Thursday, designed to aid in the recovery of orcas native to the Puget Sound region.

According to PHSCK, 0ver 2,500 appointment slots are available each day, providing additional vaccination opportunities for residents in South King County. The post Public Health Dept. Has A Large Number Of Vaccine Appointments Available Through Monday appeared first on The Seattle Medium.

CNN's Adrienne Broaddus reports on a Black-owned funeral home in Minnesota which helped organize George Floyd's funeral and is now preparing for the funeral of Daunte Wright. The post ‘It’s Hard’: CEO Of Black-owned Funeral Home Plans Wright’s Funeral appeared first on The Seattle Medium.

The U.S. Justice Department announced it was launching a federal civil investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department, following the murder convictions of former officer Derek Chauvin. The post How Derek Chauvin Conviction Launched Federal Probe appeared first on The Seattle Medium.

Effective immediately, all people 60 years-old and older are able to walk-in to the Community Vaccination Hubs in Rainier Beach and West Seattle and get vaccinated without an appointment. The post Durkan Announces New Walk-In Vaccinations At Rainier Beach And West Seattle appeared first on The Seattle Medium.

They demand that the spending be “paid for,” even though they had no problem passing a massive tax cut for the rich and corporations without concern for the deficit. But they reject Biden’s plan to pay for the spending by raising taxes on the rich and the corporations. The post Republicans Posture As Party Of […]

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is set to issue a third state of emergency for Tokyo and three western urban prefectures amid skepticism it will be enough to curb a rapid coronavirus resurgence ahead of the Olympics in July. Health and economy ministers in charge of the virus measures were meeting with experts on a government […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire broke out in a hospital in western India early Friday, killing 13 COVID-19 patients, as an extreme surge in infections leaves the nation short of medical care and oxygen. India reported more than 314,000 new infections Thursday, the world’s worst daily sum of the pandemic. And the latest surge […]

The 19-year-old rap star from Mountlake Terrace failed to appear in court this week and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Topless dancers can shed coronavirus restrictions next weekend in Las Vegas and get face-to-face with patrons again, under rules accepted Thursday by a state COVID-19 task force. But masks still will be required for adult entertainment employees and recommended for customers. Sin City strip clubs that went dark when Nevada Gov. […]

Public Health -- Seattle & King County has issued a warning about certain COVID-19 testing sites that are not a part of the public health system, but are administering tests to area residents.

Fire damages Locker Room Tavern in White Center Off patr Wed, 04/21/2021 - 9:14pm

King County Earth Day 2021 celebration goes digital, including Green Globe Awards program led by Executive Constantine Off patr Sun, 04/18/2021 - 8:41pm

Lou Magor of Kenyon Hall fame has died Off patr Fri, 04/16/2021 - 2:48pm

Monday, April 19, the West Seattle Water Taxi will increase service to and from downtown Seattle Off patr Thu, 04/15/2021 - 2:46pm

Janice Young, Alair Gift Shop, West Seattle Eagles and Outer Space named as Westside Award winners for 2021 Off patr Thu, 04/15/2021 - 9:59am

As I worried that I wasn’t quite ready for such a roaring return to the regular, I found a soft place to land in new pop-up gallery From Typhoon, which opened Saturday on Capitol Hill. ArtSEA: Notes on Northwest Culture is Crosscut’s weekly arts & culture newsletter. “It started out as kind of a love letter […]

The response was swift. Within weeks, King County officially banned solitary confinement for minors, and Rogers was whisked out of the adult jail. Yet when he began serving his nearly nine-year sentence at the Green Hill School, a youth prison, in Chehalis, he says he was twice thrown into isolation cells — this time with […]

“Mike, you’re still live on Facebook,” the voice on the other end said, as Sells listened on speakerphone. Sell’s profanity-laced town hall meeting wasn’t the only time the Washington Legislature’s experiment with remote governing has gone less than smoothly. At times, lawmakers have had trouble logging in to vote. Muting fails have been regular occurrences, […]

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New data from Children’s confirms Danielson’s allegation. Since 2014, Black patients were more than twice as likely to have a so-called “code purple” called on them — the intercom call for security and a mental health professional to show up. But while Children’s is releasing this data in the wake of Danielson’s exit, disproportionate use […]

The first Earth Day happened 51 years ago, when CBS News's Walter Cronkite called it "a day dedicated to enlisting all the citizens of a bountiful country in a common cause of saving life from the deadly biproduct of that bounty."

The PGA Tour returns to TPC Louisiana this week for the Zurich Classic, one of the game's more unique events.

With the latest round of stimulus checks already distributed to most eligible Americans, many wonder if additional aid is coming.

The accounts will be open for students in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, and Louisiana.

Lifecycle Renewables and Vicinity Energy will recycle more than one million gallons of restaurant waste each year.

by Chase Burns "Pasolini loved guys with pimples," John says on this new Sub Pop release dedicated to gay radical filmmaker Pier Pasolini. Courtesy Sub PopWe've been doing a lot of..."Is that a fourth wave?" "This definitely looks like a fourth wave!" "The so-called fourth wave..."-ing lately, but I think we can call it what […]

The future in which we live is much different than the one I imagined in the 1980s. by Charles Mudede This did not happen to me or anyone else. NASA's Ames Research CenterTomorrow, I will give Amazon's palm-payment system a try. It's now installed at the Whole Foods on Capitol Hill. But the biometric identification […]

by EverOut Staff Chloé Zhao's Nomadland, which is up for six Oscar nominations including Best Picture, is streaming on Hulu and playing IRL at Ark Lodge. Joshua Richards/Searchlight PicturesBefore the Oscars air on ABC this Sunday (we can only hope it is the last award show recorded during this pandemic), check out our guide to […]

by Alex Zielinski Thanit Weerawan / Getty ImagesOur sister paper, the Portland Mercury, originally published this article. For more Portland updates, follow Alex and the crew over at Blogtown. The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) has released dispatch audio recordings detailing the minutes leading up to the moment Officer Zachary DeLong fatally shot 46-year-old Robert Delgado […]

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