Here’s something your out-of-town relatives might like to know before risking their lives to visit your hacienda for the holidays. Tacoma is the 39th-most dangerous city in America. So says the annual list by CQ Press of Washington, D.C., which ...

One odd thing about the state House of Representatives is that lawmakers can vote on bills even if they're not there. They do this by getting a seatmate to vote on their behalf, simply pushing the right green or red button when a vote is needed. It's ...

Via the First Amendment Project, here's an easy-to-use website that walks you through requesting a copy of whatever dossier the Department of Homeland Security might have compiled on you so far. From the website: The Department of Homeland Security ...

It's like a chain-reaction pileup. Thousands of desperate homeowners - people like David Hall and Cheryl Miller - have fallen behind on their house payments and face foreclosure. They've turned to their lenders and local housing-counseling agencies ...

The King County Sheriff's office budget will be cut by over 11 percent next year and that could mean 79 employees will have to leave the department said Sheriff Sue Rahr, who is urging people to complain to county government right now. Rahr spoke to ...

The holidays are coming up, and you're probably busy booking overpriced tickets to go visit family you don't even like. (Tidings of comfort and joy!) And though you never can predict what will go wrong during a week sleeping on Grandma's screen porch ...

Demolish the foreclosures. Tax commuters. Replace Burke Lakefront Airport with a casino. Build a green city. Dismantle the political machinery. Believe in Cleveland. Are these the life preservers Cleveland can cling to in the wake of National ...

It's too early to put on black suits and start penning eulogies. But it is time to put a signature on the city's living will. It is time to make sure no one signs a municipal "do not resuscitate" order. I'm trying to play it cool, but in the wake of ...