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Here’s what Mayor Bruce Harrell has planned for Seattle in 2025

It was the fourth and final address of Harrell’s first term in office. In it, the mayor, who’s seeking reelection this year, highlighted the progress the city has made since he took...

Why Seattle’s housing density plans are a disability-rights issue

Tanisha Sepúlveda, a Highland Park resident and wheelchair user, echoed Black’s sentiments at a public hearing on February 5. Sepúlveda and Black were among a handful of disability rights advocates, wheelchair users...

Seattle poised to pass ‘excess compensation’ tax for social housing

Voters weighed in on two social housing questions in the Feb. 11 special election: whether to fund the new developer at all and, if so, by what means. On whether to fund social...

Seattleites will vote on competing measures to fund social housing

The Seattle Social Housing Developer (SSHD) was created by ballot initiative in February 2023, which voters approved 57% to 43%. SSHD is a public development authority tasked with acquiring and developing housing...

Seattle City Council appoints Mark Solomon to District 2 seat

Solomon will take over Morales’ position as chair of the Land Use Committee. Land use is one of the Council’s highest priorities in the first half of this year as it finalizes...

Who’s in the running to fill Tammy Morales’ Seattle Council seat?

Morales resigned from the position on Jan. 6 with three years remaining in her term. When she announced the decision in December, she accused her colleagues of creating a toxic work environment,...

Crowd gathers to mourn slain King County bus driver Shawn Yim

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587, which represents Metro workers, held a memorial Friday to honor Yim.  The event began with a bus processional up Fourth Avenue through Downtown. Roughly 100 buses and maintenance...

Poll: WA voters want 2025 Legislature to focus on their pocketbooks

Pollster Stuart Elway said people have consistently favored cuts over new taxes all the way back to the first Elway Poll in 1992. But he says it’s also common for the same...

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