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Progressive challenger Rinck beat incumbent Councilmember Tanya Woo for the Position 8 seat by nearly 12%, but will her lead hold in the general?

The Council voted 8-1 to approve Mayor Harrell’s proposal, allowing Seattle to book misdemeanor offenders at SCORE.

With 103,933 votes counted, progressive challenger Rinck has netted 46.8% of the vote and incumbent Councilmember Woo has 41.6%.

Appointed Tuesday, she wants to expand the police alternative program, reduce 911 response times and expand criminal diversion efforts.

Tanya Woo, Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Saunatina Sanchez and Tariq Yusuf are vying to finish the final 13 months of the citywide Position 8 term.

The levy would fund about 30% of SDOT’s budget and supports road paving, bridge repair, sidewalk construction, bike lanes and more.

The Court ruled that laws limiting public sleeping are not cruel and unusual, regardless of shelter, which advocates fear will lead to “dystopian” bans.

The CARE department will hire 18 additional responders, three supervisors and work seven days a week addressing mental and behavioral health crises.

The measure proposes a 5% “excess compensation” tax on companies for each employee with a salary over $1M to help fund permanently subsidized housing.

After three forced moves, with a fourth on the horizon, the threat of homelessness looms for one couple amid a daunting housing market.