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Seattle City Council moves to give gig workers paid sick leave
This week, the Council took steps to expand the pandemic-era benefit — and make it permanent.
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How to revitalize Downtown Seattle, according to Crosscut readers
They envision the neighborhood with fewer cars and more walkability, affordable housing, green infrastructure, restaurants and businesses.
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New UW study says human-services workers are underpaid by 37%
Seattle homeless outreach, child care and elder care workers are leaving for higher wages, making it harder to provide care for the city’s most vulnerable.
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Seattle's Third Avenue Project takes a new approach to old problems
Outreach providers and social workers are teaming up to combat drugs, crime and poverty in 'the Blade.'
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As Downtown recovers, Seattle reimagines what it could be
With hybrid work here to stay, city leaders ask: Can the central business district become a residential neighborhood?