Governing

8th District race has jumped the shark; voters are ready for Election Day to be over

Voters here are treating midterms like a presidential election

Political winds at their back, state Dems seek to expand majority in Olympia

The Blue Wave that's forecasted to swell in the coming midterm elections could also reach the statehouse. Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins tells KUOW's Angela King what the Democrats might do with an expanded governing majority.

Spooky campaign ads! Can’t we get rid of them?

Campaigns are spending record amounts of money on ads that border on the ghoulish.

Q. How many Seattle buildings would be doomed in the Big One?

Our search for an answer takes us to Chinatown International District and one woman's renewed relationship with her late father.

This week: Is the head tax back?

Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Knute Berger columnist for Crosscut and Seattle Magazine, Joni Balter host of Civic Cocktail on the Seattle Channel and Monica Guzman co-founder of the Seattle newsletter The Evergrey.

Get up to speed on gun safety measure I-1639

Initiative 1639, a measure that would make changes to how Washingtonians buy and own firearms, is the only statewide gun control measure on a ballot anywhere in the upcoming midterms.