Metropolitan King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles, who has served in elected office in the Seattle area for more than three decades, will retire at the end of the year and not run for ...

This post has been updated since its original publication. See below. When King County Council Member Jeanne Kohl-Welles launched her reelection campaign at the Woodland Park Zoo last month, she ...

SEATTLE — King County Council Vice Chair Jeanne Kohl-Welles announced Wednesday she will not seek reelection and retire after more than 30 years in elected office. Kohl-Welles, who has represented ...

State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles was shocked at the number of calls and emails she got over the weekend, complaining about a lesser-known bill she sponsored to make all Washington laws gender neutral.

After 30 years in office, King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles says it’s time to retire. She sent a statement announcing her decision to her constituency Wednesday, saying the decision was not ...

Back in January six King County Council members shocked members of the arts and culture community by proposing an ordinance allowing the council to take control of 4Culture, an independent Public ...

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Spurred on by the Penn State University sexual abuse scandal, 36th District Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles introduced legislation to better protect minors at the state's colleges and universities. Currently, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The King County Council voted unanimously for the Oxford comma on Tuesday. The motion was sponsored by Councilmembers Joe ...

After seven years on the King County Council, and many more as a state lawmaker, Jeanne Kohl-Welles is retiring. “I’ve loved serving on the Council. I’ve absolutely loved it,” Kohl-Welles said in a ...

If you're like me, you've have a little hole in your heart since last Tuesday that only exhaustive, round-the-clock election talk can fill. Good news! 36th District Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles is hosting ...

OLYMPIA -- Civil liberties groups, medical marijuana supporters and a smattering of music festival-goers may have reason to rejoice: The Legislature is considering a proposal that would effectively ...