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Jumpstart: The fight over how to spend Seattle’s big-business tax
Mayor Harrell has proposed redirecting more than half the 2025 Jumpstart revenue to balance the city budget. But how has it been spent in the past?
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Seattle Mayor staves off deep cuts in $8.3B 2025 budget proposal
Harrell balanced the $250 million deficit with more than $200 million from the Jumpstart Payroll Expense Tax, plus the elimination of 159 city jobs.
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Seattle Council pushes alternative to social-housing tax
The measure would use existing affordable-housing money rather than create a new tax, but I-137 supporters say the change could “kneecap” the new developer.
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7 takeaways from the Washington attorney general debate
Candidates Nick Brown, a Democrat, and Pete Serrano, a Republican, disagreed about almost all topics, from juvenile crime to police accountability.
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Seattle enacts controversial drug, prostitution ‘stay out’ zones
The laws establish seven banishment areas for those convicted of or charged with offenses, but opponents argue they won’t solve underlying issues.