The 1811 Eastlake building is attracting visitors from New York to New Zealand, who are coming to see Seattle's new way of fighting homelessness. It's an 11-million dollar project, giving apartments to the most troublesome alcoholics on the streets--and not forcing them to give up alcohol. Two years i...
NBA Commissioner David Stern blames Seattle's mayor for the Sonics leaving town, to which Mayor Greg Nickels quickly fired back: "This is not a government problem. This is an NBA business model that's broken."
A new KING 5 poll finds the vast majority of people believe Sonics owner Clay Benne...
Most Washington voters never liked having to "pick a party" and to stick with candidates from only one party. For 70 years, they enjoyed the state's so-called "blanket primary" which allowed voters to pick candidates from any party. When the state political parties challenged the blanket primary in court, voters were furious that they had to declare a party on their ballot. Their response? Pass an initiative--creating the "top-two" primary...
Last fall, voters approved stiffer penalties for insurance companies if they unreasonably deny or delay a claim. So is the problem solved? The industry says there wasn't a problem to begin with. Critics say, the problem still exists, that the pressure on profits means companies are paying out less i...
The 1811 Eastlake building is attracting visitors from New York to New Zealand, who are coming to see Seattle's new way of fighting homelessness. It's an 11-million dollar project, giving apartments to the most troublesome alcoholics on the streets--and not forcing them to give up alcohol. Two years i...
NBA Commissioner David Stern blames Seattle's mayor for the Sonics leaving town, to which Mayor Greg Nickels quickly fired back: "This is not a government problem. This is an NBA business model that's broken."
Last fall, voters approved stiffer penalties for insurance companies if they unreasonably deny or delay a claim. So is the problem solved? The industry says there wasn't a problem to begin with. Critics say, the problem still exists, that the pressure on profits means companies are paying out less i...