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Waterfront: Ed Murray wants to hold the line on costs
Murray administration officials have suggested a series cutbacks, and outside funding, to keep Seattle's costs for a new waterfront under control.
Bill Lucia
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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Parking: Paying more, to circle less
The Seattle Department of Transportation is planning to upgrade the city's 2,200 parking pay stations with technology that would allow different rates at different times of the day.
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O'Brien, Clark zap Sawant's City Light rate proposal
Kshama Sawant argued that it's not right for residential customers to pay higher average rates than big commercial users and wanted to look at a flat price.
politics
King County Sheriff: How the iPhone has revolutionized policing
John Urquhart riffs on blood chokes and MRAPs and says elected officials should push back on law enforcement policies more frequently.
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Licata says if he runs in 2015, it will be at-large
If the long-time councilmember does run for one of the two at-large seats, he would have to compete against two of his current colleagues.