Kate OConnell
Stories
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These students will ride the bus for just 50 cents this summer
Lucia Lari plans to go to soccer camp this summer. She also wants to be able to visit her friends who live outside Seattle. But the 11th grader at...
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Gov. Inslee to Trump: 'Your resignation letter would be gratefully accepted'
Gov. Jay Inslee says Washington state will continue to honor the goals of the Paris climate accord, despite President Trump's decision to withdraw from...
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Homelessness keeps rising in Seattle and King County
The numbers from this year's homeless count tell a sad but familiar story. The number of people living on the streets in Seattle and King County has...
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Landlords: We can't fix Seattle's affordability crisis alone
A landlord group is suing the city of Seattle over a new law that caps move-in fees and allows renters to pay their deposit in installments over several...
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Will Murray settle his lawsuit? One law professor thinks it's likely
Attorneys for Seattle Mayor Ed Murray have formally answered a lawsuit that accuses Murray of raping an underage teen boy in the mid-1980s. The...
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Protesters, pilots and Jesse Jackson all showed up at Amazon Tuesday
As shareholders heard about revenue gains at Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday, protesters gathered outside the building. The company’s...
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Police oversight plan too complicated, Seattle chief says
After years of work, the Seattle City Council is finally going to vote on police accountability legislation. A council committee is expected to vote on...
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Legal fund for mayor would break rules, Seattle ethics commission says
Seattle’s Ethics and Elections Commission has ruled that a proposed legal-defense fund for Mayor Ed Murray would not comply with the city's ethics code....
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Mayor Murray friend from 1980s: 'None of those allegations fit'
When it comes to the sex scandal surrounding Mayor Ed Murray, we haven’t heard much from people who knew him as a young man in the 1980s, when the abuse...
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Harborview says GOP health care bill will cost it $627 million
Seattle's Harborview Medical Center could lose $627 million in annual revenue by 2026 under the GOP health care bill passed by the House. That’s...