The Everett City Council voted 5 to 2 to extend its controversial “no sit, no lie” ordinance for another two years. The ordinance creates buffer zones that ban sitting, lying down, or handing out aid ...

EVERETT, Wash. — The controversial “no sit, no lie” ordinance officially goes into effect in Everett on Tuesday. The ordinance makes it illegal to sit or lie down in a 10-block stretch of Everett.

EVERETT — The Everett City Council expanded its “no sit, no lie” law Wednesday, giving the mayor new authority to set buffers around social service providers and areas “highly impacted by street-level ...

EVERETT — The Everett City Council is set to consider whether it should renew a controversial law that criminalizes sitting or lying down on public property in certain parts of the city. The law, ...