Tacoma

Tacoma voters have come out in favor of the Safe Homes For All initiative, which would require the city to investigate complaints about landlords.

From Tacoma tenants' rights to transit in Pierce County, we have initial results and context on some of the hottest races in the region.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Emily Randall is running for a second term in Congress. Randall is facing Republican Teresa Fox to represent the 6th Congressional District.

Tacoma voters are deciding on the Safe Homes For All initiative, which would increase penalties for noncompliant landlords and require them to bargain with tenant unions.

The congresswoman's district includes the Northwest ICE Processing Center, which she has visited and where monitors report an uptick in activity and poor living conditions.

Pearl Youth Residence, one of four Children's Long-term Inpatient Program sites in Washington, is scheduled to close at the end of November. The Tacoma facility provided inpatient psychiatric care for youth.

Several Washington jurisdictions, including Renton, SeaTac, Tukwila, Seattle and King County, have passed similar detention center moratoriums this year.

Tenant Melody Frazier alleged in a lawsuit that the property owner has repeatedly broken the law with unlawful rent hikes, hazardous living conditions and retaliation.

A close legislative race in Tacoma has taken an unexpected turn. Tacoma police arrested Democratic candidate Krista Perez for a suspected DUI earlier this week.

A coordinated effort to address the opioid crisis in the South Sound is shutting down. Public health officials say overdose deaths are down, but addiction specialists worry.