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With Eye on Revolutionizing Tax Code, Seattle City Council Passes Income Tax on Rich
Published 4:10am Monday, July 10, 2017
The council unanimously approved a 2.25 percent tax that only applies to income over $250,000 yearly.
Read moreBleating and Competing at the 2017 Goatalympics
Published 1:30am Monday, July 10, 2017
The livestock was totally live at the Monroe competition.
Read moreAnti-Trans Initiative Fails, Again, to Get Necessary Signatures
Published 3:50pm Friday, July 7, 2017
This is the second time the group Just Want Privacy tried and failed to put trans access to bathrooms to a vote.
Read moreNew Initiative Seeks to Tighten Laws Around Police Killings
Published 5:00pm Thursday, July 6, 2017
I-940 would change the way police are trained as well as state law on the use of deadly force.
Read moreFear of Ballot Initiative Got GOP On Board With Paid Family Leave
Published 4:20pm Thursday, July 6, 2017
They saw what happened with the minimum wage, and didn’t want to see it happen again.
Read moreMcGinn Presses For ‘Realistic’ Progressive Tax Plan
Published 7:20am Thursday, July 6, 2017
While he supports the income tax, the candidate says there are simpler ways to make Seattle’s tax code more fair.
Read moreIn the End, the Republicans’ ‘Tax Relief’ Was for Their Friends Only
Published 8:30am Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Polluters, manufacturers, and investors won in this year’s budgeting marathon.
Read more14 Long-Shot Candidates Explain Why They’re Running for Mayor
Published 7:30am Wednesday, July 5, 2017
It costs nearly $2,000 to run for the city’s highest office. They think it’s money well spent.
Read moreDespite Budget Progress, Legislators Still Have Work to Do
Published 7:30am Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Water rights and car tabs are still on the docket.
Read moreThe Best Local Records We Heard This June
Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Music befitting Junuary’s tropical depression.
Read moreThe Hallucinatory Entity Behind Zen Mother’s New Record
Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 5, 2017
‘I Was Made to Be Like Her’ emerged from visions, and charts a future path for psych as a form.
Read moreHot Off the Press Is Seattle’s Biggest Little Book Festival
Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Hosted by Fantagraphics, the low-key affair showcases some of the city’s finest underdogs.
Read moreUnvirtual Reality, Shakespeare in the Park, and More of the Week’s Best Events
Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 5, 2017
The week’s best events.
Read moreStay, Leave, or Change!
Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 5, 2017
A Capricorn full moon says, “Get real!”
Read moreScouring Skagit Valley for Food Straight From the Source
Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Chefs and shop owners tell us where to stop along the way.
Read moreThe Rise of CBD
Published 1:30am Wednesday, July 5, 2017
This stuff won’t get you high, but it might just change your life.
Read moreHow Seattle Leftists Learned to Love the Gun
Published 9:00am Tuesday, July 4, 2017
An ominous environment has some liberals rethinking their views toward firearms.
Read moreFollowing Latest ‘Muslim Ban,’ An Effort to Get More Muslims Involved in Media and Politics
Published 4:20pm Friday, June 30, 2017
CAIR-Washington launches a program to help launch careers.
Read moreProposed Income Tax Would Pay for Mental and Public Health Shortfalls
Published 3:30pm Friday, June 30, 2017
The city council took steps toward offsetting the cuts to Medicaid that Congress is now considering.
Read moreAs Relationship Soured, City Council Stopped Funding UW Minimum Wage Research Team Last Fall
Published 11:30am Friday, June 30, 2017
City Councilmember Kshama Sawant says the decision came due to dissatisfaction with the team’s methodology.
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