Some quick takes from the Council Briefing and Full Council meeting today.
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Notes from today’s Council meetings
Here’s some quick hits from today’s Council Briefing and Full Council meetings.
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A few items of note happened at the Council Briefing and Full Council meetings today.
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A few quick notes from this morning’s Council Briefing.
Continue readingCouncil gets an update on the state legislative session
Yesterday the Office of Intergovernmental Relations (OIR) gave the Council its first update on how things are going in Olympia, as the state legislative session ramps up.
Continue readingNotes from this morning’s Council Briefing
A bunch of tidbits from this morning’s roundtable with the Council members. The Council also received its first briefing from the Office of Intergovernmental Relations on the state legislative session, but I’m writing that up separately — there’s a lot happening there.
Continue readingSeattle builds its federal legislative agenda in the shadow of Trump
This morning the Office of Intergovernmental Relations (OIR) brought their “federal team” to present to the City Council on what the Trump Administration, together with a Republican-controlled Congress, will mean for Seattle. The most frequently used word to describe it: “sobering.”
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Here’s a quick rundown on what happened today.
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 …
Continue readingNotes from today’s meetings
Here’s an assortment of notes from this morning’s Council Briefing and this afternoon’s Full Council meeting.
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