Government This week we're tearing down walls — including the gum ones Bill Radke reviews all the week’s imbroglios with Erica Barnett, writer for the C is for Crank, Mike McGinn the former mayor of Seattle and Chris Vance the co-chair of Washington Independents. Bill Radke Amina Al-Sadi
Seattle businesses disagree on what comes next, after head tax repeal Bill Radke talks to two businesses that opposed the head tax about what solutions they're hoping to see, now that the head tax has been repealed. What... Bill Radke Alison Bruzek
Seattle's head tax got chopped. Now what? It was called a head tax, but maybe it should have been called the Robin Hood tax. Sydney Brownstone
Seattle City Council could lose its solution to homelessness crisis The city of Seattle appears to be doing an about-face on the new employee head tax on businesses. The City Council approved the tax unanimously a month... Bill Radke Amina Al-Sadi Alison Bruzek Sydney Brownstone
Off with the head tax: Seattle councilmembers back off controversial plan It only took the Seattle City Council four weeks to double-back on their vote to tax big businesses in order to pay for affordable housing and... Sydney Brownstone
What the Seattle City Council learned just two weeks before the head tax vote The bloom is off the boom. Carolyn Adolph
Seattle businesses could ask voters to repeal head tax Seattle’s new head tax for homelessness services was bitterly opposed by many business owners. Now some say they will ask voters to repeal it in a... Amy Radil
Seattle could have even fewer shelter beds with head tax plan, Seattle mayor says Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan didn't veto the head tax passed by the Seattle City Council earlier this week, but in a letter to council members last night,... Sydney Brownstone
Homeless people also want to know where Seattle's money is going With Seattle adding tens of millions of dollars to fight homelessness, people around the city want to know: Is that money being spent effectively?... David Hyde
How Seattle businesses are reacting to the head tax Bill Radke talks about what the compromise head tax means for Seattle with KUOW reporter Carolyn Adolph. We also talk to Todd Biesold, owner and CFO of... Bill Radke Alison Bruzek Carolyn Adolph