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Seattle increases police hiring bonus to $50,000
Mayor Harrell and the Council argue the incentive for experienced officers — now the highest in the region — is necessary to compete for applicants.
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Washington is building hundreds of EV chargers, but is it enough?
The state is spending $100M to create 575 new charging sites, but one expert says electrification is out of reach without private sector buy-in.
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Let’s Go Washington faces PDC questions over signature collection
Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission will decide whether Let’s Go Washington, which put four initiatives on November’s ballot,
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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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Initiative 2124 would make the WA Cares insurance tax optional
Opponents call the ballot measure “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” designed to destroy the program, since enough people dropping out could make it insolvent.