Seattle Politics News

A lawyer who carried a pistol into a West Seattle community center to challenge Seattle's new ban on guns in public spaces has filed suit in federal court, saying the policy violates the U.S. and state constitutions, as well as...

The Houston Texans say someone has been posing as rookie linebacker Brian Cushing on Twitter and tweeting under his name. They say the user BrianCushing56 is not Cushing or anyone from the Texans organization. The Texans issued a statement concerning...

State lawmakers and attorneys are scrutinizing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for its attempt to influence the national health care debate through direct mail and possibly illegal automated phone calls. More Business The state Attorney General's office...

International involvement in Burma’s domestic crises has to date had little effect on resolving ongoing ethnic conflict in the country, an influential British think tank said yesterday. Furthermore, pressure from the ruling junta on armed ethnic groups to transform into...

Vicki Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. In her first interview since her husband's death, Vicki Kennedy will appear on Winfrey's television talk show Wednesday, along with her stepson, Ted Kennedy Jr., and her two children from a...

Shares of most homebuilders moved higher Monday after a big jump in house resales last month. The National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes climbed 10.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.1 million in October,...

The Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 would extend the homebuyer’s tax credit until April, 2010. Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray delivered a speech on the floor of the Senate urging her colleagues to support the Worker, Homeownership,...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate highlighting why health insurance reform is so important for women. Murray told the story of a young man she met named...