The Council makes some changes to SPD’s budget, and more.
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The City Council is back from its summer recess. Here’s what they got up to today.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
It’s a quiet news morning, so far…
Continue readingThis week in Council Chambers: September 13-17, 2021
The summer recess is over, as are the holidays, and the Council starts a two-week sprint to wrap up some things before the 2022 budget process begins.
Continue readingFriday news roundup
There’s a wide variety of stories in this morning’s news roundup… let’s dive in.
Continue readingThursday news roundup
Another beautiful late-summer day in the Pacific Northwest — make sure you get outside and enjoy it. Here’s the news.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
Did you catch that overnight rainfall? Here’s the news.
Continue readingNew report on soda tax tells same old story
A few weeks ago the Seattle City Auditor issued a new evaluation report on the city’s Sweetened Beverage Tax, the latest (and perhaps the final) in a series since the tax went into effect in January 2018. And consistent with earlier reports, the findings continue to show that the tax has done little to reduce consumption of sweetened beverages.
Continue readingDurkan returns City Council’s ban on less-lethal weapons unsigned, with a litany of critiques
(story updated below) On August 27th, with the City Council in recess, Mayor Durkan quietly returned unsigned the Council’s ordinance restricting SPD’s use of so-called “less lethal weapons,” allowing it to pass into law unchallenged at least for the moment. But she did take the opportunity to attach a scathing letter detailing a litany of complaints about the legislation, calling it “of doubtful legality,” and claiming that the Council knows that “significant parts of the bill will never go into effect” because of its flaws.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
And we’re back. As it one last gasp of summer weather, it appears. Here’s the news.
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