Migrants descended on a Seattle tennis court. Then an anonymous donor paid for their hotel Catharine Smith
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
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
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
Facing a $230 million deficit, Seattle mulls options to close the gap Five new members of Seattle’s City Council said during their campaigns that they would like to audit the city budget for waste and redundancies --before raising or adding new taxes. But now, as a $230 million city budget deficit looms, the realities of a time-consuming and expensive audit process are leading those new councilmembers to back off the idea. That means they likely have to take a hard look at something they did not want to do: add new revenue through taxes. Libby Denkmann Play AudioListen 20 mins
Higher salaries? Subsidized housing? What will it take for Seattle to recruit and retain more police? Facing staffing shortages, Seattle Police gave an update on officer recruitment and retention to the City Council’s Public Safety Committee on Tuesday. SPD says they’ve lost hundreds of officers in recent years despite extensive recruiting and advertising. Casey Martin
After a protest at City Hall, asylum-seekers in Seattle wonder what's next A dramatic scene unfolded at Seattle City Hall earlier this week as several protesters were arrested for disrupting a city council meeting on Tuesday. The protesters came to demand more support for hundreds of asylum-seekers from countries including Venezuela, Angola and Congo who have been sheltering at a Tukwila church and elsewhere in King County. Libby Denkmann Play AudioListen 52 mins
6 protesters arrested after descending on Seattle City Hall to demand support for refugees Isolde Raftery
9 points from Seattle Mayor Harrell’s 2024 state of the city speech Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell gave his annual "State of the City" address Tuesday, leaning into the setting at the Museum of History and Industry to play up the progress he argues his administration has been making over his first two years. David Hyde