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When It Comes to Unionizing, Are All Uber Drivers Created Equal?
With a September deadline looming, questions over who gets a say in labor negotiations remain.
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City and County Councilmembers Ask Murray Not to Clear Homeless Encampment
Sally Bagshaw and Jeanne Kohl-Welles want to give Camp Second Chance another chance.
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City to Evict Sober Homeless Encampment
Campers include a young toddler and an English mastiff.
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Higher Minimum Wage Has Had Moderate Benefits, UW Report Says
A team of researchers assessing the effects of Seattle’s new minimum wage say it’s helped a little.
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More Renter Protections En Route From City Hall
A ban on source-of-income discrimination and a cap on move-in fees make their way through Council.
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Police Union Rejects New Contract with City
The secretly negotiated contract was a mixed bag, in terms of reform.
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Inside Sawant’s New Tenant Protections Bill
Bill caps renters’ move-in costs; plus, a study confirms rents are high and landlords discriminate.
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Neighbors Blame Lack of Diversity on Low Funding
Neighborhood activists say they can’t afford better outreach, like translated materials.
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Why You Should Smoke Your Meth
The sociologist who brought a mock safe drug site to Seattle explains harm reduction.
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Why You Should Smoke Your Meth
The sociologist who brought a mock safe drug site to Seattle explains harm reduction.
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Why You Should Smoke Your Meth
The sociologist who brought a mock safe drug site to Seattle explains harm reduction.
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Video Suggests Police, Not Protesters, Ignited Liquid That Burned Officer During May Day Demonstration
Video analysis appears to show that a blastball ignited a failed Molotov.
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Ballots Mailed for Tax to Fund Affordable Housing, Homeless Prevention
Average homeowners will pay an extra $5 per month, or affordable housing subsidies will plummet.
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Test Drive a Safe Drug Site!
VOCAL is inviting the public into a mock safe consumption space all over Seattle for the next week.
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Scenes From an Intersection
Almost two years after its first formative protest, hours after two more catalyzing killings, Seattle’s Black Lives Matter…
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Council May Be Locked-In to Secretly Negotiated Police Contract
The final vote on the police contract will be public, but it’s arguably just for show.
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Murray Reacts to Police Shootings, Defends Secret Police Negotiations
‘We cannot let this gulf of distrust divide us and continue to cause us fear.’
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Seattle Council Reacts to Latest Police Shootings of Black Men
It’s not clear how this will impact the impending Seattle police contract.
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Another Hate Bashing on Capitol Hill; Victim Uses Safe Space
No data exists about how much the widely adopted program is actually used.
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Pot Patient Database Ready In Nick of Time
Yesterday was the last day state authorities said they’d tolerate unlicensed dispensaries.