Past councils restricted the use of so-called less-lethal weapons following the department’s violent response to racial ...

The Seattle City Council voted to approve legislation that sets ground rules on crowd management for the police department.

The Tacoma City Council passed a resolution supporting statewide decriminalization of plant- and fungi-based psychedelics.

City councilmembers will vote on allowing SPD officers to use less lethal weapons such as pepper balls and tear gas to ...

The Seattle City Council voted 6-3 on Tuesday to allow police to use less-lethal weapons for crowd control, including blast balls and tear gas.

Assuming there are no dramatic changes in the ballot count, money for social housing will start flowing in Seattle this ...

Previous legislation—passed as a result of public outcry—had all but barred the use of less-lethal weapons such as tear gas ...

One issue being debated among the Seattle City Council is whether police should be allowed to use less-lethal weapons, ...

The Seattle City Council Tuesday reauthorized the use of blast balls, pepper spray, and pepper by police for crowd-control purposes, despite the objections of people who said they were impacted by ...

The Seattle City Council has unanimously adopted new legislation that will create a tax exemption for the conversion of underutilized commercial property into residential housing.

Seattle voters are showing support for a new tax on big business that would fund a social housing developer. More ...

Seattle voters are showing strong support for a new tax on big businesses that would fund the city’s Social Housing Developer ...