Durkan Vetoes $86 Million in Covid Relief Citing Fiscal Restraint
After Mayor Jenny Durkan vetoed a Covid relief package saying it depleted the City's rainy day fund, Budget Chair Teresa Mosqueda fired back that...
Council Votes 9-0 to Direct JumpStart Spending to Housing, Economic Recovery, and Green New...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved the spending plan for the JumpStart Seattle payroll tax, which passed 7-2 on July 6th. The...
JumpStart Seattle Passes 7-2–Will Mayor Durkan Sign It or Force Veto Override?
On Monday, the Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to pass a payroll expense tax targeting companies paying high salaries. The final spending plan is...
Council Set to Pass JumpStart Seattle Payroll Tax
The Seattle City Council is poised to pass a payroll expense tax package to fund Covid-19 relief and affordable housing at its 2pm meeting...
Seattle Needs a 10th Councilmember
In a normal zero-ending year, the attention of the United States at the beginning of April turns to the Census. Required by the Constitution,...
Mosqueda’s Big Business Tax Would Funnel $200 Million per Year to Covid Recovery and...
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda unveiled a big business tax proposal called "JumpStart Seattle" today that would raise $200 million per year from the wealthiest companies...
Seattle Council Bans Chemical Weapons and Other Brutal Crowd Control Tactics
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) repeatedly tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed crowds during the first two weeks of protests, but the Seattle City Council sought to close...
Council Stands with Protesters as Police Turn Violent Again in Day 9
Police again deployed chemical weapons and flash bang grenades on nonviolent protesters Saturday night, but by midnight four Seattle City Councilmembers were standing at...