Seattle City Council

Government

Seattle wants to revitalize Third Avenue. What will it take?

‘This question of how you change the environment on Third Avenue has been one the city has struggled with for a long time.’

Government

Seattle will launch a new unit of crisis responders under revamped 911 system

This fall, the Seattle mayor’s office and city council have agreed to jointly create a new type of crisis response unit to be available when people call 911.

Government

Hazard pay is the latest casualty of the 'waning pandemic phase'

Seattle grocery store workers will soon see less money in their paychecks after the Seattle City Council voted to no longer require hazard pay. The move is part of a broader trend in Seattle; even as COVID continues to spread in the community, the city is moving away from some pandemic era policies that have helped people get by.

Government

Seattle's Duwamish Tribe 'on the outside looking in' as city names new Indigenous Advisory Council

The City of Seattle is named for Duwamish leader Chief Seattle, yet his own descendants say they’ve been excluded from an effort to involve more Indigenous people in city issues.

Government

Seattle City Council names its first Indigenous Advisory Council

Nine Indigenous Seattle residents will serve on the city's first Indigenous Advisory Council.

Government

Seattle will return 270 artifacts to Upper Skagit Tribe

The Upper Skagit Tribe will soon reclaim hundreds of historic artifacts from the city of Seattle

Politics

Seattle's top political moments in 2021: Elections, pandemic response, and more

Political junkies in Seattle had a lot to binge on in 2021.

Politics

Did Seattle voters just choose the 'status quo'? Depends on who you ask

It seems Seattle, as a concept, is in the eyes of the beholder.

Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best speaks plainly about being 'Black in Blue' in new book

Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best started her law enforcement career the same year Rodney King was brutally beaten by Los Angeles police officers. She ended her career in 2020, just a few months after George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis. And the intervening years were marked with too