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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says City Council bill restricting crowd-control tactics 'doesn't change anything'

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says she wants to improve policing in the city, but City Council members recently overstepped some legal boundaries to do so.

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We know who made the call to leave Seattle Police’s East Precinct last summer, finally

Recall June 2020. George Floyd has been murdered by police in Minneapolis, and the video of his death is so shocking that people across the nation pour onto the streets in protest. In Seattle, demonstrators face off with police at their outpost in the freewheeling Capitol Hill neighborhood.

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The murder of George Floyd and the movement that lives on in Seattle one year later

As the world marks one year since George Floyd's murder, Seattle is preparing for another anniversary: the creation of the CHOP, or the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest. Through both events, a familiar voice in the Black community and Seattle Black media emerged as a trusted guide to people around the globe.

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Durkan: Downtown Seattle is 'absolutely central' to the city's recovery

Vaccinating 70 percent of Seattle's adults is just one of numerous issues caused or exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Among Mayor Jenny Durkan's core concerns: the future of downtown Seattle.

This week in politics: The political implications of severe weather

The Seattle City Council is discussing additional trims to the Seattle Police Department budget - cuts of perhaps $5.4 million. And snow politics have actually dominated and even determined mayoral contests.

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Friday politics: Money flows into a campaign, and Seattle police budget cuts head toward vote

The primary election is Tuesday. And one race getting lots of attention, and lots of money, is the contest for state Senate in the 5th District centered around Issaquah. It's a fight between two Democrats that so far has seen more than $1.2 million raised.