A variety of news this morning…
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Tuesday news roundup: minimum wage, and more
Happy new year, and welcome back!
Continue readingThis week: back to work (updated)
Happy 2017! The Council resumes work on Tuesday. With the holiday, Monday’s regularly-scheduled meetings shift to Tuesday, and Tuesday’s regular meetings are bumped to Friday.
Continue readingCity issues final rulemaking on Uber drivers collective bargaining
Yesterday the city’s Finance and Administrative Services (FAS)department issued its final rulemaking on the process of Uber and Lyft drivers organizing for collective bargaining.
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Last one for 2016…
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Not much going on today, just a few choice tidbits.
Continue readingSeattle’s Winter Weather Preparedness, and What You Should Do
It’s looking increasingly like Seattle will greet the new year with a major cold snap, with highs around freezing and dropping to the low 20’s overnight. But the long-term outlook suggests we might see more of the same before spring arrives. Before the Council began its holiday recess, it received a briefing from several city departments on their preparations for winter weather as well as the outreach and messages to the city’s residents. At the end of this post is a list of the best ways to get information and report problems during a severe weather event, as well as information …
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With the Council still in recess this week, things are pretty quiet.
Continue readingFriday news roundup: everyone left for the holidays
Not surprisingly, the new is pretty thin on this Friday before the big holiday weekend.
Continue readingThe Youth Services Center got its permit. Here’s why.
This morning the Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) released its highly-anticipated decision on King County’s permit application to build a replacement Youth Services Center (i.e. combined juvenile court and youth detention facility) in Seattle. Despite the pleas from many activists who are opposed to a new youth detention center, SDCI approved the permit application. They had to, and therein lies a tale.
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