Public Records

InvestigateWest asked for government records from 15 Northwest cities, and Spokane was the slowest to provide them.

Pierce County, the second-most populous county in Washington state, inadvertently released nearly half a million partial Social Security Numbers when responding to a routine public records request in December, according to county officials.

Fifteen months after the 2020 election, officials in local and statewide offices continue to labor over records requests from citizen activists who believe the election was stolen or fear that future elections could be tampered with.

Updated at 3:15 p.m. with comment from officers' attorney.The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving six Seattle police officers who…

In the face of intense pressure from the public and media, and following hours of behind-the-scenes negotiations, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee late...

Will he or won’t he? That’s the question as Washington Gov. Jay Inslee faces immense pressure to veto a bill that exempts the Legislature from the state...

The last time an editorial appeared on the front page of The Seattle Times, Teddy Roosevelt was president, World War I hadn’t happened yet, and Pike Place…

In the space of 20 minutes Friday, Washington lawmakers voted to exempt themselves from the state’s voter-approved Public Records Act. The Senate first...

Washington lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill to exempt themselves from the state’s voter-approved Public Records Act . The move comes after the...

Washington state Rep. Paul Graves is proposing to end the cloak of secrecy around legislative emails, calendars and other records. The move comes as...