More Than 30 Are Dead in Belgium: After bombs went off at the Brussels airport and a metro station. Dozens more are injured. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel told reporters he was asking citizens to “remain calm but also to show solidarity.” The bombings occurred just four days after authorities captured the surviving suspect of the Paris attacks last year.
The Islamic State Has Claimed Responsibility: “We must be together regardless of nationality or race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorism,” President Obama said at a press conference in Cuba. “We can and we will defeat those who threaten the safety and security of people all around the world.”
A Tunnel Project Worker Had to Have a Foot Amputated: This is just one of the downtown tunnel project-related injuries the Associated Press found in a review of workers’ comp claims for the last year. The AP uncovered $700,000 worth of claims altogether. “Since 2012, 185 workers have filed injury claims that are expected to top $2.5 million,” the AP’s Martha Bellisle reports, “with $1.3 million in medical costs, according to data from the Department of Labor and Industries, Division of Occupational Safety and Health.”
Seattle City Council Approves Larry Weis to Run City Light: Weis, a controversial utility executive from Austin who uses words like “synergy” to describe his vision for Seattle, will be making $340,000 a year. Kshama Sawant and Mike O’Brien were the only council members to vote “no” on the appointment.
Seattle Ranks Fourth in Most Congested Cities in America: According to TomTom’s annual traffic index, Seattle holds second place for worst rush-hour evening congestion. Seattle drivers who spend an hour commuting each day are wasting 148 hours of their lives a year.
Hillary Clinton’s Relationship with Boeing: Is being criticized by Bernie Sanders as “corporate welfare.” The Seattle Times reports that Clinton “made corporate diplomacy a centerpiece of her work” abroad. This included pitching Boeing overseas. Clinton then benefited from Boeing donations to the 2010 world’s fair, which was viewed as a foreign policy achievement. Boeing has also donated significant amounts of money to the Clintons’ philanthropic projects.
Nooksack Judge Rules That Anti-Disenrollment Lawyer Didn’t Receive Due Process: Last month, the Nooksack tribal council disbarred Gabriel Galanda, a Native American lawyer who has spent years fighting on behalf of 306 Nooksack tribal members resisting disenrollment. On Monday, Judge Susan Alexander said that the council was “plainly biased.”
Mayor Ed Murray Still Thinks Municipal Broadband Is Too Expensive: Murray supports “public-private partnerships” instead. At a regional broadband conference on Monday, he said building out municipal broadband would require the largest tax increase in Seattle—though last fall’s Move Seattle levy may be bigger.
Amazon Is Lobbying to Allow Longer Trucks on Highways: Ralph Nader says this will make highways even less safe. Nader wrote to Jeff Bezos and asked the executive to reconsider, but never heard back.
The State Could Force Its Police Academy to Cancel Classes: If lawmakers can’t reach a budget deal by this Friday.
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