Wednesday news roundup

This will be the last news roundup for the week. Happy Thanksgiving to all; stay safe and healthy, keep your gatherings small, wear a mask, and be thankful for all of the front-line healthcare workers who will spend the next two days caring for COVID patients in our hospitals.

Here’s the news.

 

CNN, The Hill, The AP, Seattle PI, The Stranger, The Urbanist, and Fox News cover Monday’s vote by the Council on the 2021 city budget, including a cut to the police department’s budget.

The Seattle Medium reports that Mayor Durkan has recently added two Black women to her cabinet.

Capitol Hill Seattle Blog asks whether the Capitol Hill protest season is over.

Post Alley muses over where Seattle politics is headed after a tumultuous year.

Crosscut has an op/ed looking at Seattle’s political views on housing over the past century and today.

 


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