
Politics
Chief Amy Smith’s plans for Seattle’s CARE Department
Appointed Tuesday, she wants to expand the police alternative program, reduce 911 response times and expand criminal diversion efforts.
Appointed Tuesday, she wants to expand the police alternative program, reduce 911 response times and expand criminal diversion efforts.
Helping the city reinvent itself after the Boeing bust, Royer pushed for a Westlake Park makeover, the Convention Center and low-income housing.
Bans in other states are overburdening the system as patients flood to West Coast clinics, hindering care for in-state patients.
If voters decide in November to keep the cap-and-invest program, the state has plans that could bring the technology to its coastal waters.
The farmworker union continues to pursue the lawsuit addressing how wages are set for orchard workers.