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Jenny Durkan sworn in as Seattle's mayor
Jenny Durkan's road to become the first female mayor in nearly a century started last May on Beacon
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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Judge rules income tax illegal but Seattle vows to fight on
In the first legal test of Seattle’s new income tax, the city got slammed. Days after a lengthy court
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Chaotic budget talks come to a close — kind of
When interim-Mayor Tim Burgess signs the city's $5.6 billion budget on Wednesday — allocating funds for everything from
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In a warm-up for the real fight, lawyers argue about city income tax
Seattle’s new income tax has always been headed toward the Washington Supreme Court. But to get there, it had
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Weeks of tense fighting end in no extra homeless funding
There was as much as $34 million in new money for homelessness before the Seattle City Council Tuesday, but all