Kate OConnell
Stories
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Kshama Sawant has something to say about mayor’s lawsuit
Members of the Seattle City Council have been quiet about the child sex abuse allegations against Mayor Ed Murray. Until now.
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Mayor Murray's lawyer: Medical exam shows case should be dropped
Ed Murray’s lawyer says a doctor’s exam shows sexual assault allegations against the Seattle mayor are false.
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Immigrants go on hunger strike at Tacoma detention center
Immigrants at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma are continuing a hunger strike, according to immigrant advocacy group Latino Advocacy. Latino...
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Seattle Council: No comment on child sex abuse claims against mayor
The Seattle City Council is not commenting on child sex abuse allegations against Mayor Ed Murray. A lawsuit filed last week in King County accuses...
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Seattle mayor denies he raped teen boy. Opposing attorney replies with this statement
Mayor Ed Murray's statement to the press, the day after The Seattle Times reported on accusations that the mayor raped teen boys in the 1980s:
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Federal monitor says Seattle Police use of force is down
Seattle reached a major milestone in its police reform efforts Thursday. A federal monitor has found the overall use of force in the Seattle Police...
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Seattle mayor accused of raping teen boy in mid-1980s
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has been accused of raping a teen boy in the mid-1980s, according to a lawsuit filed on Thursday.
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This pesticide is unsafe for children, scientists say, but feds won’t ban it
The Environmental Protection Agency has said they will not ban an insecticide widely used on farms and orchards, including in Washington state. This...
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Bertha announcement: It's a tunnel!
It’s over. As dozens of people looked on Tuesday, Bertha broke through to daylight after a nearly two mile dig under Seattle that took almost four years...
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Seattle Mayor drops $275M homeless levy plan, joins county in sales tax proposal
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is walking away from his proposal for a property tax increase that would generate $275 million over five years for homeless...