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For older renters, Western WA’s housing boom can sow insecurity

AARP also supported the statewide “missing middle” zoning bill that legalized duplexes, quadplexes and sixplexes in all residential neighborhoods in WA. “It’s about letting older adults have more choices for housing options,”...

Inside Seattle’s political clash over equitable development money

Since the program’s creation in 2016, 20 EDI projects have been completed, with another 56 in the pipeline.Leah Martin, an architect who has worked with community groups on EDI projects, testified on...

Seattle Police Department Chief Adrian Diaz out amid controversy

Mayor Bruce Harrell announced Diaz would be stepping down as chief to work on special projects at a press conference Wednesday. The mayor said he is appointing former King County Sheriff Sue...

Tech CEOs join chorus of criticism for Seattle housing plan

The CEOs’ letter, sent to Harrell and the Office of Planning and Community Development on May 20, comes one week after a group of more than 50 business leaders, affordable-housing advocates and...

Seattle Council approves police union contract with 23% pay bump

The previous SPOG contract expired in 2020, and the city and police union have been locked in protracted negotiations since. The contract ratified Tuesday is entirely retroactive, covering 2021-2023 to provide about...

Political heavy hitters criticize Mayor Harrell’s housing plan

The letter concerning the city’s Comprehensive Plan Update was spearheaded by the Complete Communities Coalition, which includes the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Habitat for Humanity’s Seattle-area chapter, the Housing Development Consortium,...

Three progressives take on Tanya Woo in Seattle City Council race

Friday, May 10, was the filing deadline for the race, and four candidates are running.Chinatown-International District activist and business owner Tanya Woo was appointed by the Council in January to temporarily fill...

Advocates say Seattle’s $1.45B transportation tax isn’t enough

For the past nine years, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has relied on a $930 million property-tax levy to pay for about 30% of its budget. That levy expires at the...

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