Past councils restricted the use of so-called less-lethal weapons following the department’s violent response to racial ...

The Seattle City Council voted to approve legislation that sets ground rules on crowd management for the police department.

The Tacoma City Council passed a resolution supporting statewide decriminalization of plant- and fungi-based psychedelics.

Seattle is one step closer to ending a federal consent decree after the city council approved updated guidelines for the police department’s crowd management policies. The Seattle City Council ...

City councilmembers will vote on allowing SPD officers to use less lethal weapons such as pepper balls and tear gas to ...

One issue being debated among the Seattle City Council is whether police should be allowed to use less-lethal weapons, ...

The Seattle City Council voted 6-3 on Tuesday to allow police to use less-lethal weapons for crowd control, including blast balls and tear gas.

Previous legislation—passed as a result of public outcry—had all but barred the use of less-lethal weapons such as tear gas ...

The Seattle City Council Tuesday reauthorized the use of blast balls, pepper spray, and pepper by police for crowd-control purposes, despite the objections of people who said they were impacted by ...

The Seattle City Council has passed a controversial ordinance that would allow "less lethal" weapons for crowd control.

Assuming there are no dramatic changes in the ballot count, money for social housing will start flowing in Seattle this ...

A major opponent of a voter-approved social housing payroll tax in Seattle says it’s time to regroup on how to solve the city ...