‘There's really no bit of evidence that really substantiates in any particular way, the value of youth incarceration.’

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This UW pediatrician has helped young people for 30 years. Now, he's on a mission to end youth incarceration

In the first week since ballots started arriving in mailboxes.

5 percent of voters in King County have already returned their ballot

Some activists have built a calculator to show how much air pollution would result from every mile of road.

The infrastructure bill that politicians are haggling over in DC would fund a lot of road projects

The governor considers that a huge success and a win for public health, but as Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins reports, his vaccine mandate has also led to the departure of nearly two-thousand state workers.

Roughly 9 in 10 Washington state employees are now vaccinated against COVID-19

50 percent of the old brick buildings in the city have had some sort of seismic repair work done.

When the big earthquake hits, 648 brick buildings in Seattle won’t be ready

And where they might agree, less than 2 weeks before election day.

A look at some of the biggest differences between Seattle's mayoral candidates

This, after refusing a mandate requiring state employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Former WA State football coach Nick Rolovich will take legal action against the university

Pamela Banks directs the Seattle's Office of Economic Development. As she visited businesses on Rainier Avenue, she told KUOW's Joshua McNichols what businesses say they'd spend the money on.

City officials announce a sixth round of grants to help small businesses survive the pandemic

$4 million is up for grabs as Seattle takes applications for its sixth round of grants for small businesses trying to survive the pandemic.

This Seattle woman wants to know: How can she get those small business grants?

More than 90 percent of Washington state workers have complied with Covid vaccine mandate

Traffic in Washington is once again about as bad as it was before Covid-19 kept many people off the roads. And as more people head back to the office, some are switching up their commute and choosing to travel by light rail. Sound Transit says if you're worried about safety in a crowded rail car during a pandemic, you shouldn't be.

Worried about the air in your packed light rail car? Don't, Sound Transit says

KUOW’s Anna Boiko-Weyrauch headed out, and got lost in a popular autumn past-time.

A beautiful fall day. A corn maze to explore. What could go wrong?

That's according to state highway data, but transit use is still far below pre-pandemic levels.

Traffic in western WA is once again about as bad as it was before Covid-19 kept many people off the roads

But as KUOW’s Ann Dornfeld reports, other kids were on time for the first time all year.

After Seattle Public Schools cut 142 bus routes, many parents scrambled Monday to get kids to school

The vaccination rate is now 92% for state employees. Nearly 2,000 employees have been fired or separated from service

What we know so far about the how many state workers lost their jobs over the vaccine mandate

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