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AI is already impacting the 2024 elections. Experts are nervous.

Audience members listened to three clips of Biden speaking, two real and one generated by AI audio software capable of mimicking anyone’s voice. Asked to identify the imposter, the crowd was divided...

Audit finds inflation, wages drove Seattle’s $1.7B budget increase

The projected deficit loomed over last year’s City Council elections, and Councilmembers Joy Hollingsworth, Bob Kettle, Cathy Moore, Maritza Rivera, Rob Saka and Tanya Woo all promised to perform an audit of...

Seattle rallies as Supreme Court weighs criminalizing homelessness

In 2018, the Oregon Law Center filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Debra Blake, a woman who’d been homeless in Grants Pass for nearly a decade and accumulated more than...

Seattle City Council rejects affordable housing development bill

Councilmember Tammy Morales’ Connected Communities Pilot would have allowed private or nonprofit developers to build higher or wider buildings, skip design review, and be exempted from certain development fees if they partnered...

Judge rules Washington high-capacity magazine law unconstitutional

The step back came April 8 when a Cowlitz County Superior Court judge ruled that the state’s ban on high-capacity magazines is unconstitutional. The law remains in place for now, however, because...

King County wants its own corrections officer training program

King County operates two adult jails: one in Downtown Seattle and one in Kent. Full staffing at the two facilities requires 503 corrections officers. The lengthy waitlist at the state Criminal Justice Training...

Here’s what’s in the proposed $1.35B Seattle transportation levy

The proposal, which Harrell called “clearly the biggest levy in our history,” would add $148 per year to a median homeowner’s property tax bill.In his speech announcing the proposed transportation plan, Harrell...

Seattle Council unanimously approves raises for 10,000 city workers

In addition, 500 job classifications will get wage adjustments based on market rates for similar public sector jobs. For classifications currently paid less than $48,000 annually, the adjusted wages will be considered...

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