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SPD Overpaid Officers By $13 Million. Now the City Wants It Back.

By Erica C. Barnett The Seattle Police Department overpaid police officers, management, and civilian staff a total of ...
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Council Learns What “One-Time Funding” Means; Podcaster’s Advocacy for Anti-Trans Campaign Didn’t Violate Election Law

City council members who funded an unsustainable budget last year by using one-time dollars to fund tens of millions ...
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Seattle Cop Used Chinese AI Smart Glasses to Film Inside SPD Facilities, Creating Video for Company

By Erica C. Barnett A Seattle Police Department officer, Adam Sun, is on administrative leave after using a pair ...
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KCRHA Consultant Finds the “Missing” $8 Million; Strauss’ RV Ban Moves Forward (But Won’t Ban Sprinters, to Saka’s Dismay)

Earlier this month, the King County Regional H Authority dropped a bombshell: That “missing” $8 million the financially ...
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On Wilson’s Budget, the Council Parts Ways With Reality

A $175 million deficit built into the budget these same council members approved last year. As I reported at the time, that ...
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Greater Seattle: Inclusionary Zoning, Part 2; Amazon as a Percentage of the Budget; Permitted, but Struggling

So says the study released this summer by an economist at UC Irvine about inclusionary zoning (IZ), a policy that requires builders to couple any market-rate housing ...
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Mayor Wilson Rolls Out Small-C Conservative Budget that Addresses City’s Structural Deficit

The proposal makes real cuts to close a $175 million gap—and reflects the conflict between campaign ambitions and a ...
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Greater Seattle: Councilmember Foster Breaks the MHA Logjam

By Josh Feit Councilmember Dionne Foster > Mayor Katie Wilson You couldn’t have a clearer juxtaposition. Mayor Wilson tried ...