Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seattle is considering adopting a law that would excuse suspects from most misdemeanor crimes if they can be linked to poverty, ...

There must be something in the air of the northwest that makes them clueless in Seattle, to say nothing of Portland, where both cities allowed rioting, torching and looting of public and private ...

While Washington’s poverty rate has fallen considerably as the state has grown more affluent in the past decade, elder poverty appears to be growing across the state, new Census Bureau data indicates.

In October, the Seattle City Council floated legislation to provide an exemption from prosecution for misdemeanor crimes for any citizen who suffers from poverty, homelessness, addiction, or mental ...

SEATTLE — Burglars taped the back-door window of the Matthew Steele barber shop in Ballard before they shattered the glass with a slingshot. In the six minutes the thieves were inside, they stole ...

The Seattle City Council is preparing to discuss changes to its criminal code that, if enacted, would make Seattle the first city in the nation to excuse misdemeanor offenses linked to poverty or, ...