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The owners of Estelita’s Library are fundraising for their next ambitious endeavor, a nearly $28M affordable-housing development on Beacon Hill. Paris Jackson Shannen Ortale Sep 26, 2025 Seattle is in a housing crisis, with affordability one of the many challenges. One couple is on a mission to build what they call “self-determined” affordable housing. Edwin…

Reductions for home services and life skills for disabled Arizonans under 18 will begin after Oct. 1. Author: Craig Harris Published: 9:10 PM PDT September 24, 2025 PHOENIX — A state Division of Developmental Disabilities executive apologized to hundreds of parents on Wednesday during an online town hall and outlined the reasons for the upcoming cuts to thousands…

Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez September 24, 2025 / 11:00 am TV ads now airing in Seattle are trying to recruit local police to work for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In a statement published Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell called the ads disappointing. He said the ads misstate facts and the law, calling them “insulting to the…

Kate Bieri, FOX13 Memphis Sep 23, 2025 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Fewer than 24 hours after FOX13’s report, a group of Mid-South workers have money in their pockets again. “We’re just trying to get paid for the work that we had done!” explained Erica Simpson, an employee of the company, on Monday. “I asked my own…

Health policy experts and long-term care operators predict that federal funding cuts will ultimately affect services for “most vulnerable” patients and residents. By Nicole Leonard September 22, 2025 On the outskirts of Philadelphia, near the border of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania sits an impressive castle-like stone building. The site has been home to residents of Inglis…

Under the Trump administration, renewals have ground to a halt for humanitarian parole programs that allow temporary stay and work in America. Daniel Walters Sep 22, 2025 The first time Denys’ children heard fireworks go off in Spokane, they were terrified. His kids had grown up about 20 miles from the Russian border, in the…

by KOMO News Staff Thu, September 18th 2025 at 12:49 PM SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and other city officials shared details on new investments to expand public health, emergency response, treatment, and diversion programs during a press conference on Thursday. During the press conference at Fire Station 10, the CARE department, Seattle’s third branch…

Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard September 18, 2025 / 12:26 pm Washington state will backfill lost Medicaid dollars for Planned Parenthood after a court ruling last week. At the same time, advocates continue to push for restored funding for abortion access that lawmakers cut in Washington’s new state budget. In the so-called “big, beautiful…

By  JONATHAN MATTISE and SAFIYAH RIDDLE Updated 6:16 PM CDT, September 16, 2025 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to send the National Guard into Memphis for a crime-fighting push has some residents worried that it won’t help people who are struggling and could scare off visitors. Others disagree with that sentiment so much that they’re offering free barbecue for…

In mid-August, a new Opioid Recovery and Care Access (ORCA) Center opened on the second floor of the Downtown Emergency Service Center in Seattle. Paris Jackson Shannen Ortale Sep 12, 2025 There’s a new opioid recovery center in Seattle, operating out of a location that’s been around for decades serving unhoused residents. In mid-August, a…