In late 2019, the movement to establish “safe consumption” sites in the United States — including in Seattle — got a rare win when a U.S. District Court judge in Philadelphia ruled that Safehouse, that city’s attempt at opening a safe consumption site, did not violate federal law. Today the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that ruling in a 2-1 decision, bringing it into alignment with other federal circuit courts.
Continue readingCity of Seattle ramps up direct vaccine delivery
Building on its successful free COVID-19 testing program, today Mayor Durkan and Seattle fire Department Chief Harold Scoggins announced that the state has officially approved SFD’s EMS team to be a COVID-19 vaccine distributor, and with that certification the team will launch two “mobile vaccination teams.”
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
We’re talking about the police and riots this morning.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
There was plenty of talk today about the events of last Wednesday.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
Local fallout from last Wednesday’s insurrection in D.C., and more.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chambers
The Council slowly starts to ramp back up its work this week.
Continue readingCatching up on court cases: January 8, 2021
It’s time for a quick catch-up on three court cases: the Sawant recall petition, the ACLU/Black Lives Matter crowd control weapons case, and the landlords’ challenge to the city and state eviction moratoria.
Continue readingFriday news roundup
With all the focus on D.C. there’s still only a trickle of local news.
Continue readingThursday news roundup
Well that happened. It looks like the Republic survived — if we can keep it. Here’s the news.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
As the Georgia runoff election wraps up, the Seattle election season kicks off this morning with the first big announcement.
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