Author: Spencer Pauley | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Snohomish County is joining neighboring King County in purchasing hotels to convert to emergency housing. While King County’s Health Through Housing initiative is working to hit its goal of creating up to 1,600 emergency housing and permanent supportive housing units by the end of the year, Snohomish County’s hotel purchases work…

(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s $2 million plan for police recruitment and retention comes after over 400 officers have departed in the last two and a half years. Harrell said the plan will be presented to the Seattle City Council with an “approximately $1 million price tag,” in addition to another $1…

(The Center Square) – The Seattle Human Services Department is spending $498,278 for the University of Washington School of Social Work to analyze wages of the City of Seattle and King County’s human service workers. The city hopes that the analysis will produce a report including recommendations for an updated pay structure for human services…