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They are among the top–paid state employees in Washington: psychiatrists who work in the prison system and in the state's mental hospitals. In fact, if you look at a list of the top–100 paid state workers — not including higher ...

The Seattle School District is taking a crack at its school boundaries. The new student assignment plan will decide where students go to school based on their addresses.

The Seattle Public Library might reduce its hours because of the city's budget shortfall. But there could be another revenue source. The library has collected $1 million this year in late fines. And another $600,000 is still outstanding from people with ...

The winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine included two women. It's a sign of growing success for female scientists. But the National Science Foundation reports that women still make up only 33 percent of all people in science. That's especially true in ...

The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission has fined a firefighter and union leader $5,000 for failing to report his group's political contributions.

Across the Northwest, democrats who represent rural districts have become almost an endangered species. In Washington state, just one democratic lawmaker hails from a rural area east of the Cascades. On Tuesday, that seat is up for grabs after the ...

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Thursday announced it's giving $4 million to help families who have been broadsided by the economic downturn here in Washington state.

Health care providers in King County expect to receive doses of the H1N1 vaccine Friday. It will be the first portion of their requested amount. Health officials had hoped to have more doses available this month, but there were some problems on the ...

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire says she's "angry" and "disappointed" that Boeing will builds its 787 assembly line in South Carolina — not Everett, Washington. Gregoire made her comments Tuesday afternoon shortly after ...

The military has confirmed that eight soldiers killed in Afghanistan earlier this week were based at Fort Lewis.

For the election in a row, a Capitol Hill mom of Garfield graduates is challenging Mary Bass for her school board seat. The winner will represent central Seattle – where several high–poverty schools have been closed in recent years.

Aerospace Analyst Scott Hamilton of Issaquah–based Leeham Company, spoke with KUOW's Derek Wang about Boeing's decision to establish its 787 Dreamliner site in South Carolina.

Election season brings lots of attack ads and bitter debates between candidates. But some of the races in the Seattle area aren't exactly nail–biters this year. Most of the candidates for King County Council are running unopposed. Even so, they've ...

Whoever wins the race for King County Executive faces a quick turnaround, since that person will take office on November 24. Both Susan Hutchison and Dow Constantine say they are forming advisory teams to help them with such a quick transition.

More details now on Boeing's decision to locate its 787 production line in South Carolina. Boeing announced its decision yesterday after an unsuccessful round of negotiations with the Machinists union. There was widespread hope the two sides could reach ...

Four candidates are running for two seats on the Seattle School Board. The winner of one race will represent south Seattle.

With less than a week to go before Election Day, the candidates for Seattle Mayor are working hard to woo the thousands of undecided voters in the race. A poll released yesterday by the University of Washington shows T-Mobile executive Joe Mallahan ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have just finished their latest poll on next week's election. Among other things, it suggests that a large group of people are still undecided in many races. Matt Barreto, a professor of political science at ...

Federal officials say they won't ship new waste to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation until 2019. That's according to the preferred alternative in the Department of Energy's new 6,000 page cleanup plan released this Monday.