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This story originally aired on September 27, 2017.Growing up Roma meant growing up fast -- and learning how to hustle. That's how Miller Steve describes…

Why would Amazon build its second headquarters just 30 miles from its first headquarters in Seattle? If you ask leaders in Tacoma, it's because their city…

In the fight for Tacoma's economic future, the battlefield is the city's tideflats. The sprawl of shipping cranes, oil tanks, manufacturing buildings, and…

If you die, and nobody claims your body, it goes to your local county government.Eventually, those cremated remains pile up, and it’s up to county…

Shannon Zawilski used to spend all day on her feet as a nurse in an intensive care unit, or ICU. Now, she spends her 12-hour shifts watching a screen.She…

Environmental activists are the most vocal group in Tacoma politics today.That's a new development in a city known as a hub of heavy industry. But growing…

Tacoma City Council members voted Tuesday to lift an 11-year ban on electroshock weapons, including stun guns and Tasers.The policy change came amid…

Tacoma’s City Attorney’s Office is exploring ways to hold the makers of opioid painkillers accountable for the city’s growing homelessness crisis.The city…

The University of Washington is preparing to turn students into government consultants for the city of Tacoma.That's the next subject of the university’s…

Tacoma leaders are signaling a shift in strategy in their fight against homelessness.City Council members passed a resolution Tuesday calling for an…