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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - A new audit released Monday suggests that Seattle should address “significant” oversight gaps before expanding police surveillance camera networks and the Real-Time Crime Center.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - The Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors is poised to vote Monday evening to authorize “legal action” regarding Initiative 638.
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(The Center Square) – A coalition of energy and policy organizations sent a letter to President Donald Trump expressing concern over the harm to national security that is posed by publicly traded U.S. companies – such as Amazon, Apple, and Google – being involved in the climate convention, COP31.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - The following is a list of drug-related deaths as reported by the King County Medical Examiner. The Center Square does not independently verify this information. The full list can be found here .
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(The Center Square) – Democratic Socialists will now lead America’s two most populous cities and the nation’s capital, raising questions over the Democratic Socialist of America platform.
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(The Center Square) – A parental rights organization and other groups celebrated the victories from the 2026 midterm elections for protection of girls’ sports and private spaces in Arizona, Nebraska, Colorado and Washington. The groups said that protecting girls is not a partisan issue.
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(The Center Square) - The leader of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority resigned Friday after an audit found $16.7 million in unrecoverable funding due to “chronic financial mismanagement.”
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(The Center Square) - Two days after polls closed, 19 of the 24 charter amendments in Clallam, Clark, Pierce and Snohomish counties are on track to pass as election officials process any remaining ballots.
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(The Center Square) - Backers of Initiative 638 have officially announced that the measure has passed.
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Washington and Colorado initiatives currently leading despite blue states' leading role in elevating gender identity over sex. "The voters have left the 'culture war' behind" to embrace common sense, former Penn swimmer says.
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