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Government

The poor are getting poorer in Washington state

The national poverty rate is in decline. But the poverty people are experiencing has become more severe, according to the Census Bureau.
Carolyn Adolph
Government

Court: Sweeping tents illegal without ‘practical’ alternatives

A 9th Circuit Court decision has two findings: It's not fair to criminalize activities like sleeping in public. And if cities want to clear away camps, the shelter they offer must be practical for the individual. Experts disagree on the implications for Seattle.
Joshua McNichols
Education

Teacher strikes mean no food service for students who depend on school meals

Over 300 students in Tukwila rely on school food. With teachers on strike, and school cancelled, those meals are not available.
Casey Martin
Health

New HIV infections in North Seattle worry public health officials

“If HIV begins to spread in a new population of persons who inject drugs, who don’t have other risk factors for HIV, there can be a large outbreak potentially,” Public Health Seattle King County's Dr. Jeff Duchin said.
Patricia Murphy
Could modular housing help shelter King County's 12,000 homeless?

With more than 12,000 people homeless in King County on any given night, King County officials are launching a new approach to get people housed quickly.
Kate Walters
Why does Seattle spend so little on homelessness prevention?

Seattle is one of the richest cities in America, but it spends a small fraction of its homelessness spending on prevention.
Kate Walters
Can modular homes help the city's housing affordability crisis?

Ross Reynolds talks to Janet Pope, executive director of the Compass Housing Alliance. The group has been trying to build lower cost modular housing for...
Ross Reynolds
Former drug user on mission to help vulnerable on Seattle streets

In Seattle’s bustling downtown, hundreds of people are living on the streets and battling drug addiction. That’s also where social worker Mikel Kowalcyk...
Jasmine Aguilera
What if we treated homelessness like an earthquake?

Everyone agrees that homelessness is a crisis in Seattle, but there are differing views about who is being impacted and what should be done. In public...
Kate OConnell
Eddie Vedder tells packed stadium Seattle has no reason not to solve homelessness crisis

At Pearl Jam’s first Home Show Wednesday night, front man Eddie Vedder dedicated their hit song, “Evenflow,” to another Eddie.
Casey Martin

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