Equity
Louise Chernin's passion for equality made her — and Seattle’s LGBTQ business community — stronger
Throughout her career Chernin, now the CEO of the Greater Seattle Business Association, has been an advocate for the underrepresented.
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After a national search for a new housing director, Durkan promotes from within
City Hall veteran tapped to lead Seattle housing office as mayor pitches dozens of ‘workforce’ condos, townhomes.
politics
Years into a homelessness ‘emergency,’ Seattle and King County propose a unified response
Both the city and the county would turn over most of their homelessness budgets to a new governmental body.
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Once a safeguard against homelessness, disability payments can’t keep up with the rent
Rent for a studio apartment in King County has gone up by $645 since 2014. Supplemental Security Income has gone up by just $50.
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High lead levels at King County jail have inmates and staff using bottled water
Staff is bringing in water for washing dishes, drinking and cooking ‘out of an abundance of caution.’