On February ballots, prop 1A would produce $50M a year from an “excess wealth” tax on businesses. Prop 1B would draw $10M a year from the Jumpstart tax.

The Seattle Police Department’s crime-prevention coordinator aims to focus on his 10 months in office and does not intend to seek election this fall.

Following Morales’ resignation, the Council must pick one of 20 applicants to represent South Seattle’s District 2 until a special election this fall.

The Madison chief says his goal in Washington’s largest city will be to work on community/police relations.

After his demotion in May, an investigation found that Diaz had hired a romantic partner for a role he supervised and lied to keep it secret.

Incidents have fallen since the pandemic, but community leaders are still working on prevention efforts, especially as youth gun violence rises.

From housing struggles to public transit and climate change, politicians under 30 aim to be the change they weren’t seeing in local governments.

The progressive member from south Seattle says her work as a policymaker has been eroded by the more conservative majority.

The Jumpstart tax was originally intended to raise funds for housing and climate projects. Now the door is open for the city to spend it freely.

In an hours-long public meeting, community members asked the Council to protect Jumpstart, invest in the Central District, address public safety & more.

Cathy Moore proposed the 2% tax to protect housing and food assistance programs, based on the statewide model 63% of voters opted to keep this election.

The progressive held a commanding lead over incumbent Tanya Woo 57% to 42% in the special election for the Seattle City Council citywide Position 8 seat.

Tanya Woo and Alexis Mercedes Rinck are vying for Position 8 with different stances on big issues like crime, homelessness and the city budget.

Supporters argue the $1.55B property tax will improve city streets and safety for all modes, while opponents say it’s far too expensive.

Mayor Harrell and the Council argue the incentive for experienced officers — now the highest in the region — is necessary to compete for applicants.