Author: Spencer Pauley | The Center Square

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has signed off on a $1.55 billion transportation levy, setting up voters to have the final say this November on the largest tax proposal in city history.…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Despite a recent audit finding Washington state agencies mishandling more than $1 billion in federal COVID-19 aid, the State Auditor’s Office says it’s not common for federal departments to demand those…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Commuters on Interstate 5 in the Seattle area recently dealt with a traffic jam that was not caused by a motor vehicle accident, but rather a staged protest by a Seattle-…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has filed a notice with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 25 million of the company’s shares currently worth about $5 billion.  In November, the…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – The Select Committee on the 2024 Transportation Levy is recommending a $1.55 billion transportation levy to be presented to Seattle voters this November rather than a $1.7 billion levy. Transportation Committee…

(The Center Square) – An emergency bill to allow the Seattle Fire Department to conduct demolition of unsafe vacant buildings in Seattle would cost the city up to $500,000 this year before potential reimbursements. The emergency legislation was proposed by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on Thursday. The Seattle Public Safety Committee was briefed on the…

(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has released a draft of a new eight-year, $1.4 billion transportation levy proposal intended to repair bridges, repave streets, connect neighborhoods to the light rail and build sidewalks. According to Harrell’s office, the levy proposal would cost a median Seattle home valued at $866,000 roughly $36 per…

(The Center Square) – The King County Regional Homelessness Authority’s recent setbacks have coincided with Seattle announcing it will soon pull back some annual funding from the authority, but some cities are still locked in on fund efforts to combat homelessness through the organization. Seattle informed the King County Regional Homelessness Authority that it was pulling $11.7…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Washington state’s Pierce County is beginning discussions regarding the creation of a single unified emergency response radio system under an agreed upon governance plan aimed at saving taxpayer expense. The proposed Resolution 2023-138 specifically requests…