On Tuesday, a King County Superior Court judge ruled that the Washington State Health Care Authority was in violation of the State's new Mental Health Parity Act. The Health Care Authority was challenged on a policy of excluding treatments for autism from coverage. more ›

In the wake of a failed attempt to block a tunnel referendum on the city's August ballot, the Seattle City Council voted yesterday to retroactively approve a lawsuit filed against a similar measure. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Campbell of Seattle Citizens Against the Tunnel, the group behind the initiative, filed a recall petition in an attempt to oust City Council President Richard Conlin, citing a breach of authority. more ›

With a tunnel vote becoming a distinct possibility, arm yourself will all the knowledge you can get about this contentious issue. Today's episode: City Council says yes to a referendum. more ›

In other news from last night, this totally creepy and horrible thing happened. more ›

Turns out that the annual year-end party Kenmore fifth-grade teacher Nick Calcagni throws for parents and students is less an excuse to socialize with the school community and more an opportunity to videotape them while they pee.

Carlo "Nick" Calcagni, 47, of Woodinville ... is accused of secretly videotaping an 11-year-old girl, teenagers and women between June 15, 2005, and March 3, 2006. more ›

-Yesterday Seattle police announced the creation of a panel to look into the motivations of Seattle mass-murderer Kyle Huff. more ›

We walked down to Occidental Square for our Monday lunch field trip and unfortnunately didn't see much. Supposedly the cutting has begun in Pioneer Square and trees are being felled, but the area lacked any chainsaw buzz or shouted "tim-berrrrrrr"s around noon. We didn't stick around to gawk, though, so maybe they were between trees. A nice little pile of fresh firewood was sitting around. more ›

The three men charged with assaulting Micah Painter have been found guilty of a hate crime after a King County Superior Court trial. Vadim Samusenko could serve around 30 months in jail for two counts of second degree assault. David Kravchenko and Yevgeniy Savchak will serve somewhat less as accomplices. The curious defence of the three seemed to center on the "he was asking for it" stratagem, which was all the more questionable considering the attack took place outside of the Timberline on Pride weekend. Apparently the attackers passed on several thousand others who were similarly asking for it until they could find one alone. more ›