A lot was said AND done today.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
It looks like we’ll be getting some much-needed rain over the next few days. Here’s the Monday morning news.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chambers: June 7-12, 2021
A trio of tenant-rights bills come up for approval Monday afternoon. Plus the Council starts to put together the Districting Commission.
Continue readingSeattle payroll tax upheld in Superior Court ruling
This afternoon, King County Superior Court Judge Mary Roberts ruled in favor of the City of Seattle, upholding as “constitutionally permissible” the city’s payroll tax enacted last summer and dismissing a lawsuit challenging it.
Continue readingCity rolls out $30 million “strategic investment fund” RFP for anti-displacement efforts
It’s been a big week for investments in Seattle’s BIPOC communities. First, the City Council approved $1 million to allow the Office for Civil Rights to move the $30 million participatory budgeting program forward; then yesterday the Mayor’s Equitable Communities Initiative Task Force unveiled their recommendations for how to invest another $30 million. Now this morning, Mayor Durkan announced the release of an RFP for proposals for land and property acquisition “to respond to disproportionate displacement pressures impacting black, Indigenous, and people of color communities.”
Continue readingFriday news roundup
Welcome to the weekend! Here’s the news.
Continue readingState Supreme Court decides who counts as “news media,” and it’s not this site.
Last week the Washington State Supreme Court handed down a decision in a case where it was asked to decide whether a guy with a YouTube channel counts as “news media” for the purposes of certain state laws. It said “no,” but in the process made a broad ruling that has serious consequences for small news sites such as SCC Insight. The Seattle times posted an editorial on the ruling this morning, in which it called this site “helpful.” That may or may not be true, but in either case the editorial muddies the waters somewhat on the issues and …
Continue readingEquitable Communities Initiative Task Force unveils recommendations for $30 million in funding for BIPOC communities
Mayor Durkan’s Equitable Communities Initiative Task Force today announced its recommendations for how to invest $30 million into the city’s BIPOC communities.
Continue readingThursday news roundup
Apparently the Seattle Times thinks this site is “helpful.” Here’s the news.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
There’s a little bit of everything in the news this morning.
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