Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell signed the 2025-2026 biennial budget into law on Monday.

KOMO News gathered policymakers, key civic leaders, and analysts to discuss what a second Trump administration may mean for the future of Washington state.

There are now more places in the city of Everett where people can get cited for sitting or lying down on some public spaces.

A team of researchers at the University of Washington has developed a system that they say fills gaps by assessing the size of the homeless population.

President-elect Donald Trump has a strategy to tackle the homeless crisis at the national level.

Voters in Oakland, California, have ousted Mayor Sheng Thao just two years after she narrowly won office to lead the liberal San Francisco Bay Area city.

A Seattle City Council member helped rescue a dog reportedly beaten inside transitional housing for the homeless in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

KOMO News’ Michelle Esteban sat down for a one-on-one interview with Reichert on Wednesday.