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    Articles by Aaron Kunkler
    A look inside the King County Juvenile Detention Center. File photo
    King County is still using solitary confinement on...
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 26, 2019 7:45 pm

    Report on solitary confinement shows the county is not honoring its agreement.

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    A man addresses the King County Council during a public hearing March 20 at New Life Church in Renton. He presented bags filled with what he said was hazardous materials dropped on his property by bald eagles. Another speaker made similar claims. Haley Ausbun/staff photo
    Locals show support for King County waste to...
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 21, 2019 5:20 pm

    Public hearing on landfill’s future was held March 20 in Renton.

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    The Cedar Hills Regional Landfill is the only active landfill in King County. It will operate until at least 2028. It has been in operation since the 1960s. Aaron Kunkler/staff photo
    Waste study puts numbers behind King County trash...
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 14, 2019 1:30 am

    County has one remaining landfill located near Maple Valley, and it’s nearing capacity

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    Eastside church sues state on International Women’s Day to overturn abortion coverage
    Eastside church sues state on International Women’s Day...
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 8, 2019 4:40 pm

    The lawsuit was filed by the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is classified as a hate group by Southern Poverty Law Center

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    Protest in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 23, 2019. wikimedia/Voice of America
    Local activists push back against intervention in Venezuelan...
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 4, 2019 3:00 pm

    Anti-war group Answer Coalition plans protest March 16 at Seattle Central College

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    It’s official: Inslee is running
    It’s official: Inslee is running
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 1, 2019 5:30 pm

    Washington’s governor will make climate change a key component of his campaign

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    Fires, floods, destruction: Washington copes with worsening climate change
    Fires, floods, destruction: Washington copes with worsening climate...
    By Aaron Kunkler • February 27, 2019 11:30 am

    From rising sea levels and crop failures to dying forests and fish, Washington state is struggling

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    King County charter update targets police oversight, elections, council size
    King County charter update targets police oversight, elections,...
    By Aaron Kunkler • February 22, 2019 4:00 pm

    A commission is reviewing the county’s charter and will make recommendations by May.

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    Courtesy of kingcounty.gov                                 King County Council has nine members who each represent a district.
    King County charter update targets police oversight, elections,...
    By Aaron Kunkler • February 22, 2019 4:00 pm

    A commission is reviewing the county’s charter and will make recommendations by May.

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    According to King County’s Mental Illness and Drug Dependency (MIDD) annual report, Seattle had the highest rate of people using services at 36 percent of the total, followed by 31 percent from South King County, 18 percent from the greater Eastside, and 7 percent from north county including Shoreline.
    Study shows King County’s treatment funding is making...
    By Aaron Kunkler • February 14, 2019 2:10 pm

    A document on the county’s .1 percent health sales tax was accepted Wednesday by the county council.

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    Somali community faces SeaTac displacement
    Somali community faces SeaTac displacement
    By Aaron Kunkler • February 13, 2019 10:30 am

    Proposed redevelopment threatens the heart of the Somali business community.

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    King County cities attract development with tax exemption
    King County cities attract development with tax exemption
    By Aaron Kunkler • February 6, 2019 10:00 am

    Bellevue and Issaquah are among Eastside cities that use exemption as an incentive

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    Photo by Tiffany Von Arnim/Flickr
    Puget Sound companies join to create middle-income housing
    By Aaron Kunkler • February 5, 2019 4:15 pm

    Several are the same companies that opposed Seattle’s head tax last year.

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