October 13, 2021 Seattle school cancels Halloween parade because it 'marginalizes students of color' Benjamin Franklin Day Elementary School in Seattle canceled its annual Halloween "Pumpkin Parade" this year, with the school district saying it "marginalizes students of color who do not celebrate the holiday." The decision to cancel the Pumpkin Parade, where students dress up in Halloween costumes if they want to, came from the Racial Equity Team at Benjamin Franklin Day Elementary School after five years of discussion, the school district said.
October 8, 2021 Jason Rantz: Seattle spends heavily to house homeless in pricey hotels and fancy penthouse view studios Seattle leaders are squandering hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, including COVID relief funds, on pricey homeless hotels and studios that include wraparound services. Finally, they promise, this will supposedly address homelessness.
October 7, 2021 Seattle PD already in staffing 'crisis' braces for mass firing as hundreds yet to show vaccine proof A major U.S. city with more than 750,000 residents has about 1,000 police officers to protect them - and that number is expected to decrease in the coming days.
October 7, 2021 Former Seattle mayoral candidate says defunding police caused exodus of officers: 'Experiment isn't working' The mass exodus of Seattle police officers due to the defund-the-police movement is resulting in chaos, former mayoral candidate Lance Randall argued on Thursday.
October 6, 2021 Seattle City Council unanimously supports decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms The Seattle City Council on Monday unanimously voted in favor of resolution supporting the decriminalizing of psilocybin and other psychedelics.
October 5, 2021 Seattle scraps 'single-family zoning' label over racism fears "Single-family zoning" is no more in Seattle following a city council vote Monday.
October 5, 2021 Seattle 'anti-racist' training teaches city employees Whites are 'oppressors' Non-White City of Seattle employees were invited to a training session to explore their internalized racism and given tools on how to free themselves from White supremacy influence, new documents show.
October 4, 2021 From homeless tents to penthouses with views A handful of Seattle’s more than 12,000 homeless people will soon be moving from the street to a studio penthouse with a view in Seattle’s pricey Capitol Hill neighborhood.
September 16, 2021 Jason Rantz: Can't make this up. Seattle city attorney candidate wins primary and vows to abolish office Nicole Thomas-Kennedy is a police and prison abolitionist who wants to dismantle the Seattle City Attorney’s Office.
September 14, 2021 Vili Fualaau, Seattle teacher Mary Kay Letourneau's estranged husband, arrested for alleged DUI, report says Police in Washington state arrested Vili Fualaau on Saturday for allegedly driving under the influence after he nearly crashed into a Seattle police vehicle, a report said.
