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News roundup: conversion therapy, Uber drivers, and more
The Council’s ban on conversion therapy is still grabbing headlines.
Continue readingUnderstanding the minimum wage study
Earlier this month, a UW research team released its first report from its city-funded longitudinal study on the impacts of Seattle’s increase to the minimum wage. This morning they presented their findings to the City Council.
Continue readingNews roundup: Minimum wage, secure scheduling, conversion therapy
Good morning! Kshama Sawant is making noise at the DNC in Philadelphia, but back here in Seattle it’s going to be a very busy week…
Continue readingNews roundup: SODO Arena vote
Even though other interesting things happened, there’s only one story in town this morning: the Council’s vote on the SODO Arena plan yesterday. Seattle Times, The Stranger, KUOW, KING5, SeattleMet, KGW Portland, the Bellingham Herald, Reuters, SB Nation, La-Kabylie, Portland Business Journal, MyNorthwest, Arena Digest, Lucena Informacion, Crosscut, Curbed, Field of Schemes, Real GM Basketball, The Fourth Period, and the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce all report on the Council’s vote to reject vacating part of Occidental Avenue for the proposed SODO Arena. Believe it or not, something else of consequence happened in the same Council meeting: the Council voted to …
Continue readingNews roundup: SODO Arena vote, minimum wage, earthquake preparedness
This afternoon’s vote on the SODO Arena highlights this morning’s news.
Continue readingNews roundup: Police, labor, garbage, and more
News about SPD and labor laws still tops the news today. Plus foode waste, bikes lanes, municipal broadband, and more.
Continue readingNews roundup: labor issues
Labor issues — minimum wage, secure scheduling and enforcement — lead this morning’s news.
Continue readingNews roundup: Minimum wage, Sawant campaigning, SODO Arena
Yesterday’s hearing on the impact of the minimum wage, and Council member Kshama Sawant’s campaigning for Bernie Sanders (and against Hillary Clinton) top the news this morning. Plus op-eds from Council members Rob Johnson and Debora Juarez.
Continue readingCity-funded minimum wage impact study gives its first report
This morning at the Council Briefing, three UW faculty members gave their first report on a City-funded minimum wage study, setting a baseline for studying the preset and future impact of the raised minimum wage in Seattle as it continues to roll out.
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