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Constantine proposes $600 million King County COVID-19 supplemental budget

King County Executive Dow Constantine proposed a $600 million COVID-19 supplemental budget to the County Council that includes $337 million from the American Rescue Plan...

First-time home buyers increasingly priced out of Washington housing market

With a hot home buyer’s market and ongoing shortage of new construction, home builders are troubled by a growing crisis in housing: People in middle...

King County Elections seeks better voter turnout in historically excluded communities

King County Elections and Seattle Foundation will commit $950,000 in grants over the next two years to more than 30 organizations working to increase voter...

Treehouse awarded $1.3 million in CARES Act to help fund foster care tutoring

Seattle-based Treehouse has been awarded $1.345 million in federal CARES Act funding to provide tutoring and academic remediation while also eliminating financial barriers to success...

New state law averts big spike in unemployment taxes on businesses

By Jerry Cornfield and Rachel Riley Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Monday legislation that cancels most of a massive hike in unemployment insurance taxes...

Residents 65 and older eligible under new COVID-19 vaccination phase

By Everett Herald staff The state is ready for Phase 1b of the coronavirus vaccine distribution plan, making more than a million Washingtonians eligible for...

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