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Most Seattle voters support a business tax for affordable housing — at least in theory, poll says
The 2018 ‘head tax’ fight continues to roil Seattle politics.
David Kroman
David Kroman is formerly a reporter at Crosscut, where he covered city politics. In addition to Crosscut, his work has appeared in The Seattle Times, CityLab, High Country News, Seattle Magazine and e
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A hotel workers' union is spending big on one candidate for Seattle City Council. Why him?
In addition to supporting controversial worker protections, Andrew Lewis said he would consider whether a hotel was union or not when making land-use decisions.
Inside Cascade PBS
How a Crosscut reporter found tears in Seattle's housing safety nets
A developing story series explores an undercovered aspect of the Seattle area’s homelessness crisis: what it’s like to get older without stable housing.
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Employee of The Stranger files complaint against political ad that ran in his own paper
The ad, for District 3 city council candidate Egan Orion, appears on the cover of the current issue of the alternative newspaper.
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With history against her, Kshama Sawant fights for her political life
The veteran council member earned 37% of the primary vote. No incumbent has recovered from numbers that low in at least 20 years.