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City Council passes ride-sharing regulations. Again.
A new set of rules without limits on the number of ride-sharing vehicles on the city's streets appeases companies like Lyft and Uber.
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Bill Lucia is the editor-in-chief at the Washington State Standard. He has a decade of experience covering state and local policy and politics, including as a city reporter in Seattle for Crosscut.
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Will the City Council swallow Ed Murray's ride-share plan?
Councilmember Mike O'Brien has concerns about insurance standards and wants more time to look over recently brokered legislation.
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City Council considers bigger hotels along Seattle waterfront
The City Council is thinking about sweetening the pot for hotel developers as part of Seattle's downtown waterfront redevelopment.
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Council repeals ride-share regulations
An ordinance that took months to craft is scrapped so the Council can move forward with compromise plan brokered by the Mayor's Office.
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Seattle City Light's Carrasco: "I apologize."
After a couple rough weeks of publicity, the City Light chief tries to make amends.