Times’ lawsuit reveals answers to Durkan’s missing texts, leads to reforms

The City of Seattle has agreed to pay $200,000 and a series of reforms to settle a Public Records Act lawsuit filed by the Seattle Times over former Mayor Jenny Durkan’s missing text messages and other PRA-related issues.

The Times had requested a bunch of records related mainly to see how the city was responding to protests in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis.

Still questions over timeline of Mayor Durkan’s missing texts in wake of forensic report

“We were trying to find out a few things,” said Times Executive Editor Michele Matasa Flores.

“One was how the city’s police force was dealing with protesters on the

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