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Seattle City Council cooks up alternative to new social housing salary tax for February ballot
The Seattle City Council has been eyeing the city’s pandemic-era JumpStart tax used to pay for services and affordable housing as a possible band-aid to patch up myriad holes from the ...
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RapidRide G arrives with ambitious public transit goals — and plenty of hiccups over Madison’s new buses, stops, signs, and signals — UPDATE
With reporting by Hannah Saunders The new RapidRide G stretching 2.5 miles along Madison Street from the waterfront to Madison Valley via First Hill and Capitol Hill is unprecedented in the ...
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Seattle Police seeks public’s help in Kenji Spurgeon murder investigation
Seattle Police have put out a new call for the public’s help in solving the murder of Kenji Spurgeon who was gunned down in an E Pine parking lot in July. In a brief update posted Tuesday, the ...
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Capitol Hill Community Post | Stop Seattle Public School Closures
From McGilvra Advocacy Committee Dear Greater Capitol Hill Community: On September 11th, Seattle Public Schools released its proposals for school closures; a list which includes closing Stevens ...
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‘Was Summer Taylor negligent?’ — State not liable in lawsuit blaming troopers for Black Lives Matter protester struck and killed on I-5
A jury has found the State of Washington was not negligent in the death of protester Summer Taylor who was struck and killed in July 2020 on I-5 by a motorist who had driven around state patrol ...
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Fundraiser for Bellevue Ave J’s Quick Stop owner beaten in shoplifting assault
Customers and nearby businesses are rallying to support the owner of J’s Quick Stop after a brutal beating during a ...
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Proposal for new Seattle ‘Stay out of Drug Areas’ including Capitol Hill zone moves forward
The Seattle City Council’s public safety committee Tuesday approved a plan to create new exclusion zones in Seattle targeting ...
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Another major Mexican closure on Capitol Hill as Mezcaleria Oaxaca plans October adios
Mezcaleria Oaxaca has announced it closing after a decade on E Pine — the second major Mexican restaurant to shutter on Capitol Hill in recent weeks. “We have collaborated with the ...
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Option A or Option B — Seattle district unveils plans to close up to 21 schools including Capitol Hill’s Stevens Elementary
Capitol Hill-area amilies working a year ago to “Save Stevens Elementary” amid the confusion of early Seattle Public Schools planning to cut campuses to address a looming budget hole ...
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Access Walk returns to Volunteer Park to help state’s safe abortion access organizations
With health and reproductive rights increasingly being determined at the state level, Access Walk is taking steps to support choice by strengthening Seattle’s ability to help people from ...
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Amid efforts to address Broadway/Pike public safety concerns, Capitol Hill’s Harvard Market put up for sale — UPDATE
On Capitol Hill, everything is for sale. Long-gone Broadway joint Charlie’s was testament to that as the restaurant’s owner Ken Bauer listed the Capitol Hill classic for years before finally ...
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When will you ride RapidRide G? ‘Bus rapid transit’ line across First Hill and Capitol Hill starts Saturday
There are 13 new Metro buses ready to ply Madison from the waterfront to Madison Valley via First Hill and Capitol Hill carrying paying passengers for the first time starting this weekend. Three ...