Event organizers Eileen Antiasio, procurement; Michele Moore, co-Treasurer; auction co-chairs Melanie Chitsaz and Mike Tayebi; and International School PTSA President-Elect Maral Kirschenmann helped put on an auction that raised more than $100,000 March 6 to help Bellevue's International School bridge funding gaps that have grown over the past 10 ... Read More...

An office of the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against bankrupt Seattle real-estate magnate Michael R. Mastro on Wednesday, saying he has concealed or transferred property to keep it from creditors and made false statements under oath. Read More...

An accused con man is facing felony theft charges on allegations that he assumed the role of a company executive to gain entry to tony athletic clubs in Seattle and Bellevue. Read More...

Before entering bankruptcy, real-estate magnate Michael R. Mastro engineered a series of transactions aimed at putting houses he owned in Clyde Hill and The Highlands out of reach of his creditors, the official representing those creditors says. Read More...

A controversial state Senate bill, aimed at saving time and money on major highway projects but criticized as short-circuiting opposition from places like Seattle, has died due to strong opposition. Read More...

The Washington State Department of Transportation invites the public to a hearing and open house on Tuesday, Feb. Read More...

In a sign of the intensity of the public debate over state finances, more than 100 people packed into Bellevue's Crossroads Community Center on Saturday to express their views about how the Legislature should deal with a $2.8 billion budget shortfall. Read More...

A King County Superior Court Judge recently ruled that the state of Washington is not meeting its constitutional duty to fully fund basic public education. Read More...

The state Senate today overwhelmingly passed a bill that would free up future tolling money from the 520 bridge for shovel-ready construction projects on the Eastside portion of the corridor. Read More...

Armies of people on two sides of Washington's tax divide crowded into state House hearing rooms today.On one side, people argued that more budget cuts would put too many vulnerable people in peril. Read More...

Armies of people on two sides of Washington's tax divide crowded into state House hearing rooms Saturday. Read More...

Election returns Wednesday showed school levies passing across the state, as many Washington voters proved willing to tax themselves to pay for education, even in hard times. Read More...

Election returns Wednesday showed school levies passing across the state, as many Washington voters proved willing to tax themselves to pay for education, even in hard times. Read More...

Thousands of cases of whiskey, vodka and rum zip along three miles of conveyor belts inside a massive distribution center in industrial south Seattle, the sole location for shipping booze to liquor stores across Washington state. Read More...

A transitional housing service in Seattle has been sending a bevy of historically violent felons, burglars and robbers to your house to collect money -- and there isn't a thing you can do about it. Read More...