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Leaking water main forces evacuation of 20 homes on Mercer Island

Residents of 20 homes on Mercer Island, east of Seattle, were told to evacuate Wednesday night, due to risks of flooding or landslides. Now the city’s leaking water main has been shut off, and residents of six of those houses have permission to return.
Amy Radil
Government

Asylum-seekers spend a night at a Seattle tennis court before heading back to a hotel

Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with Seattle Times Project Homeless reporter Anna Patrick about a group of asylum-seekers that camped at the Garfield Community Center tennis courts this week.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz

Jason Burrows
Politics

Back to work! Seattle City Council staff ordered to return in person 4 days a week

Workers who support the Seattle City Council will soon be required to return to the office four out of five days per week.
Monica Nickelsburg
Why Burien is suing King County over the city's own camping ban

The battle between the city of Burien and King County reflects a struggle places up and down the West Coast are experiencing: trying to understand how to regulate the rising number of visibly homeless people on their streets, and what can be done to support those people.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
Government

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs his last bill
Jeanie Lindsay
Business

Seattle businesses caught in tug of war between app companies and delivery drivers

Just three months into Seattle’s new gig worker minimum wage law, a Seattle City Council committee is considering changing it, prompting another debate over gig worker pay in the city.
Ruby de Luna
Government

Yes take-backs. Workers asked to return pandemic cash in Washington state

Last month, joblessness our state reached its highest levels since the Covid-19 pandemic – higher than the national average. And the first thing many do when they’ve lost a job is file for unemployment benefits. But Washington’s unemployment system itself is still reeling from the one-two punch of Covid.
Libby Denkmann

Alec Cowan
Politics

Why your takeout is sparking one of the fiercest battles in Seattle politics

Delivery App companies like UberEats, DoorDash, Instacart and Grubhub are waging a battle over a new Seattle gig worker minimum wage law that took effect in January.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
Elections

Tanya Woo faces these candidates in bid to keep her Seattle City Council seat

Seattle City Councilmember Tanya Woo will face off against Alexis Mercedes Rinck and Saunatina Sanchez in her bid to keep the Position 8 seat.
Katie Campbell
Elections

'Uncommitted' vote campaign to send 2 Washington state delegates to Democratic National Convention

The Washington State Democratic Party confirmed Monday the protest campaign won more than 15% of the vote in Washington's 7th Congressional District, which covers most of Seattle.
Katie Campbell

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