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Look at All This Fucking Money!
Special-Interest Money Is Flowing into This Year’s City Council Races at Levels We’ve Never Seen Before
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Here’s How the City Could Stop Those Special Move-In Deals for Tech Workers
And Why Seattle Should Do Even More to Help Low-Income Renters
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City Proposes a Massive Overhaul of Its Labor Laws
The Most Controversial Piece of a New Bill Would Close an Important Loophole for Low-Wage Workers—but Will the Business Community Stop It?
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The Real Seattle Art Fair Is Out of Sight
As International Art Dealers Flood the City, 100 Local Artists Grab the Mic
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How the Trial of a Black Lives Matter Protester Could Become a Deep Dive into One Cop’s Turbulent Past at the SPD
The Key Witness for the Prosecution Is an Officer with a History of Troubles
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Fact-Checking the Fight Against Campaign Finance Reform in Seattle
A newly formed opposition group claims public campaign financing will only make Seattle elections worse. But are their claims accurate?
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Is John Okamoto Trying to Kill a Seattle Rent Control Resolution?
Nick Licata and Kshama Sawant Worry Their Fellow Council Member Is Intentionally Dragging His Feet on Their New Rent Control Measure
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Finally, Momentum for Greater Density and More Affordable Housing in Seattle
But the Mayor’s Housing Committee “Grand Bargain” Does Little to Address Skyrocketing Rents in the Here and Now
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What’s Behind Mayor Ed Murray’s Inaction on Police Reform?
He’s Missed His Own Deadlines for Introducing Reform Legislation, and He’s Being Cagey About Whether the Community Police Commission Should Be a Permanent Body
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Where Do the City Council Candidates Stand on Police Reform?
The Good, the Bad, and the Noncommittal
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City Officials Reject Creating a Municipal Broadband Network to Compete with Comcast
But Activists Say They’ll Keep Fighting for Public Utility–Run Broadband
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Seattle Finally Hired Someone to Enforce Its New Minimum-Wage Law
Intriguingly, Even After Business and Labor Agreed on Four Finalists for the Job, the Mayor Picked Someone Else