Seattle Mayor

OLYMPIA (AP) — Democratic state Rep. Jessyn Farrell is resigning from the Legislature to focus on her run for Seattle mayor. Farrell, 43, announced the decision Tuesday. She told The Associated Press that her resignation would be effective Thursday...

SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers for the man suing Seattle Mayor Ed Murray for alleged sexual abuse are requesting to have the case moved outside Seattle and want sanctions imposed on Murray's lawyer for "concocting and spreading a false narrative" that their law firm is anti-gay...

SEATTLE (AP) — Police have released dash camera video in connection with an officer response to a "suspicious person" report at Seattle Mayor Ed Murray's home last summer. The incident came to light last month after a lawyer for a man accusing Murray of sexual abuse filed a subpoena asking for the records...

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state senator has entered the race for Seattle mayor. Seattlepi.com reports Democratic Sen. Bob Hasegawa of Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood made the announcement Monday in a news release. Spokesman Michael Charles says Hasegawa will run on an "economic justice agenda...

SEATTLE (AP) — A fourth man is accusing Seattle Mayor Ed Murray of paying him for sex when the man was a teenager. In a sworn declaration filed in court late Tuesday, the man says he was introduced to Murray by Delvonn Heckard. Heckard last month filed a lawsuit claiming he was sexually abused by Murray decades ago when he was a teenager...

SEATTLE (AP) — A lawyer for an Oregon man says efforts to sue Seattle Mayor Ed Murray 10 years ago over claims of sexual abuse foundered because of statute of limitations issues, not credibility concerns. The Seattle Times reported Thursday that Brian Williams, a former attorney for Jeff Simpson, said he found Simpson's story believable...

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has revealed details of a proposed property-tax levy to raise $275 million over five years to fight homelessness. Murray said at a news conference Wednesday that the plan focuses on housing with more than two-thirds of the money would provide short-, medium- and long-term housing through rental subsidies...