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Who gets credit for Seattle's new business tax?

So who (or what) got the new tax on business passed by the Seattle City Council?
Angela King

Kim Shepard
Politics

Seattle Mayor Durkan calls for City Council to investigate Sawant

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan wants the City Council to investigate Councilmember Kshama Sawant over her use of city resources and her participation in protests against police brutality, which led to brief occupation of City Hall and disclosure of the mayor’s home address.
Kate Walters

Gil Aegerter
Politics

Friday politics: How does Jenny Durkan dig out after the Seattle protests?

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best sent a video message to her officers. Meanwhile, tension continues between the City Council and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. C.R. Douglas with Q13, and Joni Balter with Civic Cocktail discuss with KUOW"s Angela King.
Angela King
Health

Seattle to provide grocery vouchers to more than 6,000 families amid coronavirus outbreak

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Monday that the city will provide $5 million in grocery vouchers to families impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. The city will provide $800 dollars in vouchers to 6,250 families already enrolled in city-supported child care and food assistance programs, according to a press release from the Mayor’s office.
Kate Walters
Politics

SPD faces officer shortage as Seattle grows. But there's some progress

In 2018, the Seattle Police Department hired dozens of officers. But so many left that same year that the department suffered a net loss of 41 people.
Kate Walters
Politics

Friday politics: Durkan's State of the City, Washington's primary kicks off

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan's state of the city and presidential primary politics in the Puget Sound region. Our panel parses it all.
Paige Browning

Casey Martin
Politics

Seattle Mayor Durkan: 'By the time there's a shooting, so much has gone wrong'

Following her 2020 state of the city address, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan talks with KUOW about plans on gun violence and a tax to tackle homelessness. Also, her response to reports about abusive teachers in Seattle schools.
Paige Browning

Casey Martin
Politics

It's an annual tradition in Seattle: Promise more money for housing than ever before

On Monday, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced an unprecedented $110M in spending on affordable housing. She's right - spending on housing has gone way up. And there's a reason for that.
Joshua McNichols
Politics

Seattle City Council approves the city's biggest budget in history

Kim Malcolm talks with David Hyde about the Seattle City Council's biggest vote of the year: the annual budget.
David Hyde

Kim Malcolm
Environment

West Coast cities lauded for curbing carbon — except Seattle. Here’s why

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has joined mayors from around the world at a climate summit in Copenhagen.
John Ryan

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