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Price Controls and Subsidies

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Should Washington State Subsidize the Movie Industry?

    The movie-making business can be a lucrative industry. Money flows in from producers, theater-goers, advertisers (greatest movie ever sold), dvd/digital sales, and merchandising (space balls). An often overlooked source of money for the film industry, however, are state governments. Tax incentives ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    WTO: Boeing Received Some $24 Billion in Illegal Subsidies From U.S. Government

    ​The latest ruling in the Europe/America-gives-illegal-money-to-its-principal-aircraft-manufacturer saga has been handed down. And the score stands at 1-1.

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2007

    Guess who's getting USDA subsidies?

    ​The latest ruling in the Europe/America-gives-illegal-money-to-its-principal-aircraft-manufacturer saga has been handed down. And the score stands at 1-1.

  • News

    May 9, 2007

    Low-Income Tenants Say SHA Is Forcing Them Out

    The state Tenants Union accuses the Seattle Housing Authority of running "Kafkaesque" hearings that evict the poorest of the poor.

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2007

    The Haves and the Have-Nots

    The state Tenants Union accuses the Seattle Housing Authority of running "Kafkaesque" hearings that evict the poorest of the poor.

  • Arts

    September 6, 2006

    I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

    Despite the loss of rent control, Nora Ephron will surive.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2006

    Go (Away), Sonics!

    Despite the loss of rent control, Nora Ephron will surive.

  • News

    July 20, 2005

    A Goal: Homes for 9,500

    Creating permanent housing for all of King County's homeless is one big challenge. Helping people learn to survive on their own is another.

  • News

    April 13, 2005

    Got Any Spare Change?

    An audacious 10-year plan to end homelessness in Seattle faces the usual problem: not enough money. In fact, federal cuts are on the way.

  • News

    July 21, 2004

    Federal Cuts Hit Home

    Rent-subsidy changes could affect thousands with low income.

  • News

    November 6, 2002

    Buzz

    Rent-subsidy changes could affect thousands with low income.

  • News

    September 4, 2002

    Buzz

    Rent-subsidy changes could affect thousands with low income.

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    Thorne-y subsidies

    Michael Thorne, new head of Washington's ferries, receives massive subsidies for his family farm.

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    Home (not so) sweet home

    Rochelle Johnson had to quit working to get adequate housing for her family. She's not the only one who has a problem with the Seattle Housing Authority.

  • News

    January 16, 2002

    News Clips— Needle Exchange

    Rochelle Johnson had to quit working to get adequate housing for her family. She's not the only one who has a problem with the Seattle Housing Authority.

  • News

    December 19, 2001

    "The lack of a 'safety net' is nothing new to the 'able-bodied' single male, recession or not."

    Rochelle Johnson had to quit working to get adequate housing for her family. She's not the only one who has a problem with the Seattle Housing Authority.

  • News

    December 12, 2001

    News Clips— Section 8 struggle

    Rochelle Johnson had to quit working to get adequate housing for her family. She's not the only one who has a problem with the Seattle Housing Authority.

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    Turf— Home at last

    Rochelle Johnson had to quit working to get adequate housing for her family. She's not the only one who has a problem with the Seattle Housing Authority.

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    Renters get stiffed

    Some of Judy Nicastro's big plans to help tenants are being shot down.

  • News

    June 7, 2000

    Judy's rent rumble

    City Hall rookie Judy Nicastro is declaring war on "greedy pig" landlords. But will she get the political support she needs from Seattle's mad-as-hell renter majority?

  • News

    September 1, 1999

    Generation landslide

    Youthful challenger Wills hopes to block Chong's planned return to City Hall.

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    Rent race

    City Council candidate Judy Nicastro and the battle for tenant power.

  • News

    March 3, 1999

    Cops and renters

    City Council candidate Judy Nicastro and the battle for tenant power.

  • News

    January 20, 1999

    Letters

    'Weekly' whiners

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Spinning 'control'

    Seattle activists try to sell rent control to conservative legislators.

  • News

    December 23, 1998

    No home for the holidays

    The mayor's promise to the homeless goes largely unfulfilled.

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    Stealth nonprofit

    For those fighting gentrification downtown, enemies sometimes come disguised as friends.

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    Those Dole-full Nordstroms

    Nordstrom taketh more than it giveth away.

  • News

    September 23, 1998

    The Edgar Street massacre

    Nordstrom taketh more than it giveth away.

  • News

    July 29, 1998

    Bonding with developers

    How stealth corporate welfare gives Weyerhaeuser a windfall at Snoqualmie Ridge.

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