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Detta Hayes, 9 year driver for Microsoft's connector bus and vanpool service. Hayes is prone to frequent bursts of laughter, such as when I asked her if her bus ever gets stuck in traffic.

The expression a Microsoft Connector driver made when we asked about traffic

Chuck Collins is the guy who ran Metro in the 1970s.He should be the kind of guy who salivates over light rail. But instead, he’s dreaming of more…

Teen Girl Loves Computer Science, But Struggles To Fit In

It was the first day of freshman year at Rainier Beach High School and everyone had first day jitters. The first period bell rang: computer science class.…

Kathy Parrish, a polio survivor, gets a check-up at Seattle Children's Hospital. Health officials are puzzled at why vaccination rates have declined in the last 17 years.

Seattle Kids Have Lower Polio Vaccination Rate Than Rwanda

After an outbreak of measles last fall, Washington state health officials hoped that a small subset of parents would change their minds about getting…

An Undammed River’s Sediment Brings New Life Downstream

Anne Shaffer sits on the sandy shoreline of the Elwha River and looks around in amazement. Just two years ago, this area would have been under about 20…

UW student Varisha Khan at the Democratic National Convention in July

How Trump gets Washington state Muslims into politics

Donald Trump has replaced his earlier call for a total ban on Muslims entering the U.S.Now he demands ideological tests on immigrants. “I call it extreme,…

Marcy and Scottie Madden stayed together after Scottie transitioned and became a transgender woman

What you do when your husband of 20 years says, 'I'm a woman'

Scottie Madden made one hell of a guy.Tough, outdoorsy, a dedicated son, big brother and husband. He led a reality TV crew that took a former Navy SEAL, a…

WA Republican: 'My party may not always be right'

Oh, boy. Some Washington state Republicans are not digging the Donald. Like Chris Vance, a Republican running for U.S. Senate. “At some point, you have to…

Seattle Woman Experiences Financial Devastation Following Cancer Diagnosis

June 2 is National Cancer Survivor Day. But surviving the disease is just one challenge facing cancer patients. A recent study by Seattle’s Fred…

$100 in Monopoly money—and just maybe, a better democracy—headed your way, Seattle

In January, registered voters in Seattle will get something in the mail that no American has gotten before.They’re called democracy vouchers, and the city…

Indigenous People's Day Not A Popular Name With Everyone

Today is Columbus Day, a federal holiday. But in Seattle officials plan to declare today to be Indigenous People's Day.Native American groups requested…

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